Hi Biggerpockets!  Looking for some help or direction.  My name is Josh and I am a new real estate investor in southern California.  I will have a partner who will finance our first flip completely and was wondering w...

In order to show a unit I require that a prospective tenant has a monthly income of 3x rent.  But that leaves more room for error for a single tenant than for a family of 4. would it be discrimination based on familia...

Hey everyone,
I've recently been learning about syndication structures strictly from an educational standpoint, and learned there are a lot of compliance/legal boxes that need to be checked. I was wondering if these ...

I'm in California and just moved out of a rental. 
The landlord wants to charge me for a few things that are strange to me.
Are the following things legal for them to deduct from security deposit?  I've read a few a...

I currency own a construction Company which is a s Corp. Is there a disadvantage to buying and holding rental real estate through this entity? Is there any benefit to holding each property under it's own llc?

I have a couple on a 1 year lease. They are about 1/2 way through. They broke up and one of them moved out and contacted me about getting out of the lease. Let's call her Mary. The other tenant told me they intend to ...

Hi guys, I am looking to buy my first property and yesterday this one popped up on Zillow. I would be doing a house-hack a therefore living in the efficiency (Not legal) unit and renting the 2/1 and 1/1 units. What ar...

I recently put an offer on a property that has an ADU in Jacksonville FL. I am planning to house hack and use the ADU for rental income. How would I go about finding if the ADU is a legal apartment?

I have noticed the City of Chicago has changed their policy on legal non-conforming. Previously you could easily get these units legalized and keep them legalized. I have now noticed several cases where we have X numb...

Hi, I just closed on my first rentals in DC/MD area (one in each).  In California, I rely on apartment association's very detailed forms (www.aacsc.org).  Here, I cannot find any such equivalent w/ downloadable forms,...