I bought a new house and I'm going to rent out my old house.When we lived in our old house we painted the rooms to our liking.  Our bedroom has a light gray color with a dark gray accent wall, one of the bedrooms is l...

I am sure everybody has encountered the nit picky tenant. They may be a good paying tenant, but they annoy you to death with every little thing wrong in the home.Obviously I pride myself on getting real repairs, repai...

I have a tenant who contacts me weekly for repairs. Some are legitimate and require a specialist, while others are trivial, such as replacing a sprinkler, and it's getting very tedious.Which repairs can I reasonably e...

Hello All,
looking for a few opinions on countertops.. Ive got a small upper kitchen i've been remodeling after 15+ year tenants I inherited (smokers) left. New paint, outlets, lights, and cabinets. But I can't decid...

This might be an interesting topic born from another thread.

When is buying or operating in real estate a speculative venture and when are you investing? How do you define speculating and investing, what's the differ...

I have a 1 bedroom, 1 bath townhome that is only 540 square feet. It's an upstairs unit in a nice community in a good neighborhood. My tenant of the last 10 years just gave notice that she will be moving out to care f...

Hello all,  I am looking for advice on management software to help manage a MHP.  This is my first go at multi-family real estate as I have mainly invested in commercial real estate and have used quickbooks to do that...

For those of you who buy and fix/rehab properties, do you have recommendations on estimating figures for what repairs may need to be done (books/articles/hands-on teaching)? I would like to avoid the expense of hav...

I'm researching investing in tax liens in my county (DeKalb County Illinois). I understand the basic concept, but looking on the county website on the FAQ page I found something confusing. Once a year they hold a de...

Hi all, I was debating getting external Nest cameras for the driveway/side yard of our sfr in Phoenix.Naturally tenants may not like it as it could appear we are spying on them. I was going to give them access to the ...