My husband threw this idea at me: What if we charge the tenants a little more for rent each month and gave them the 12th month for free? Here's how it would work:If rent is normally $900 per month, we charge them $982...

I own properties in the west Houston areas of Katy and Cypress. I've already been notified by one tenant that they may have trouble making the September rent payment due to not working this week at all. None of my pro...

This has been an ongoing issue since the beginning and I'm learning the hard way to screen tenants properly. A family began to rent our newly built house in June and after about a month, the wife had been diagnosed wi...

I bought my first tax deed this morning at the courthouse auction. I’m going to refer to the owner of the property as ‘Mr. Larry’.Mr. Larry was delinquent on three different properties, and I purchased the deed to one...

Hey all, need some people to give me their experience and advice on this/these scenarios:We are looking to do more deals in the future and currently have a 26 unit apartment building in our portfolio.  Building is 100...

Hello everyone,
Looking for a thoughtful exit plan from land-lording. Been at this business for 20 years and there is more to life than wearing maintenance and cleaner hats al the time. This was originally a 5 year p...

Hey y'all. I'm JD, born and raised in Colorado. I have no experience in real estate, but after reading rich dad, poor dad and a few other real estate investing books,I want to get started. Not sure if it's for me, but...

Hi everyone, I am paying big taxes (my opinion) with my 1099 income.  The CPA really has no good advice besides home office deductions and IRA contributions.  There has to be a better way.  To all of my smart friends,...

I just drafted a direct mail letter for my motivated sellers list and need someone to make some suggestions. Its not great so dont expect this to be something that you will want to use. Im not sure how to get it to ...

When your property is relatively inexpensive, say $200k, and you want cost segregation applied to it - is it worth it to hire a cost segregation firm and pay their fee? Before we explore this question, an important re...