Home Depot and Lowe's (and Walmart, etc.) have unfortunately stopped carrying the inexpensive 1" vinyl blinds that use cords for raising/lowering the blinds. They were $5-10 each (depending on size) and work great ...

I am a new investor and i am in the middle of closing on my first house . I've been listening to the bigger pockets podcast and have read several blogs and I'm curious to know why most of the investors suggest to get...

For me the bad mistakes cost the most money. And I am a contractor So I am going to go with a home we remodeled and the plumber rerouted one of the drains and never tied it into the main under the basement slab . So n...

Two questions for anyone willing to help a newbie.1) what is the point of a roth or traditional IRA if you can only add 5000 to it each year. I am 30 so that means I have 29.5 years I can add to it. If my math is corr...

Hello, a family applied to rent my house. They are great and have "5 Pomeranians. All shots are up to date and they are seniors."The dogs have been living in their house (which they are selling) and things are under c...

Good afternoon y'all.  I'm a pretty experienced LTR and MTR investor in Texas.  I'm looking at perhaps acquiring two or three SFR's in the Fair Park/South Dallas area.  I don't live in that area, but I frequently atte...

We're conducting a 2007 real estate goals group writing project for those people who blog about real estate. With that in mind, I thought it would be appropriate to ask our members to set their own real estate goals ...

I remember someone mentioned here that they would never rent to a lawyer for a variety of reasons.I tried to search for that thread but no luck.What about a cop, if you are concerned about a lawyer tenant would you ha...

Over the past few years as I travel the country, I hear more and more people saying that their municipalities are now requiring Landlords to let the city into their rental properties. On top of that, the Landlor...