I recently became a Certified Private Money Broker and my original plan was I thought I would use that business to build my Capital so that I could then become a Real Estate Investor.  As I started out in my Broker bu...

So my girlfriend and I just bought a house with incredible mountain views and are planning on turning the property into a vacation rental. The problem is, the new neighbors suffer from various mental illnesses and are...

I've spent the last two years remodeling our 1912 craftsman bungalow home. This process has done two things. One, help me discover I love carpentry. Absolutely love it. I grew up a farm kid and have spent the last 10 ...

I have been noticing there are a lot of posts asking about can I discriminate against this or that.  I always thought of tenant screening as a job interview and I am the employer.  I would phone screen them, if they m...

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I posted a while back about my hopes of house hacking soon in order to get started in real estate and I received a lot of great advice. Just a little recap: I am located in Kansas City and work full tim...

Hey guys,I have a tenant I had to replace a toilet for at the beginning of the month due to their child flushing a number of toys down the toilet.  I paid the plumber directly with the understanding the tenant would b...

I'm just getting a temperature feel from all of the STR investors out there that are paying attention to new markets. I think identifying these markets that have a history of vacation rentals (so STR regulations are n...

Hello all,I am under contract on a 4 bed 2 bath home in one of the nicer suburbs of Detroit, Auburn Hills. I am under contract with seller right now for 277k with 8k in seller credits negotiated upon inspection.  Now,...

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/...Yes, they are giving tenants an additional year to catch up on rent. I would love to know how someone can be that far behind on rent when they've received two stimulus checks, unemploy...

Hello, all. I tried to look through the forums for a related topic to this, but couldn't find one. With all the news of mass shootings, more and more people are buying weapons for their own protection. This isn't to s...