Long story short, the military has moved us 5 times since 2009 and I have been blessed to purchase 5 single family residential homes (turning 4 of them into rental properties after moving out), and 1 multi-family 6-un...

Here is a blog post I wrote up on my adventures planting a peach tree t about it. http://activerei.com/post/52952669989/planting-fruit-trees-at-rental-properties

In short:
It was fun and cheap and helped reduce some...

I Project Manage for 2 cash investors in the SoCal area. It's been awhile since I've posted anything so i  thought I would post up this project, which was one of the more fun ones I've done in awhile.Collectively in 2...

Hi all, I'm a newer landlord and have had tenants in place in our rental since March 1. They have paid like clockwork so far (via Cozy). They reached out with a a laundry list of concerns, most of which are minor and ...

Hoping for some feedback - in the counter offer stage of this deal. I'm looking at a $470,000 purchase price for a beautiful home built in 1920 downtown of a growing town in the north bay area of San Francisco (1 bloc...

I'm hoping someone can give me advice on whether or not purchasing a 3rd home to do a guest suite rental would be a good idea, given our current situation.My husband and I own two houses: One in Vancouver WA and one i...

So I've been quiet, there is a reason. I've been through 1.5 contractors. The first imploded and his people were horribly slow and incompetent. The next one, the .5, sort of didn't want to deal with the mess the first...

I will try to make the post as short as possible. I am under contract on a side by side duplex ( two - 1 bed 1 baths). Purchase price is $300k. Before I continue, I would like to say, this is a VERY desirable beach to...

Hi everyone:My husband and I are in the process of furnishing our transforming our second home in the White Mountains (Thornton, NH) into a STR.  The market has a lot of baseline - economically friendly STRS but only ...

Hello the hallway of my multi family  which i am presently house hacking looks  dated and raggedy.  Should I replace the common area floor tiles  which is approximately 200 square feet with ceramic tile or should i go...