I am currently working on a deal to acquire my 2nd rental property and my first with a partner. The way we have it worked out right now is that we are starting an LLC as 50/50 partners. He is going to put up the money...

As an LP, how should I compare the track record of a sponsor that began with experience in the market prior to the Great Recession and weathered the storm vs a sponsor that spawned post 2012? How much credence do you ...

I have a set of applicants that are a couple moving in together.
Applicant 1 has a 773 credit score and can easily meet the 3x rent income on his own. Librarian for the city 
Applicant 2 has a 561 credit score but ...

I have a question regarding credit checks. I am a renter. This is a position that we are, unfortunately, stuck in for at least a few more years before we will be able to purchase due to past credit issues. We ...

I'm considering buying a new home and keeping my current house as a rental property.  Last year I re-financed this current property into a 15 year fixed rate mortgage at 2.875%, which I love.  Monthly expenses (PITI) ...

So as I evaluate multi-family properties in areas that I would like to purchase, it always seems like they are WAY overpriced. Maybe I am doing something wrong, so I am looking for help.

Here is an example pr...

2012 my seem like a long way off, but 28 months isn't that far away. This Business Week article is a couple months old and it predicts a couple more down years followed by a return to normalization. Of course it hed...

I wasn't originally intending on going down the path of investing in weekly rentals nor new constructions, but I found a new development that my wife and I see a lot of potential of appreciation with the ability to ca...

So a college friend asked me to do her a favor. She has a house that she's upside down on here in Virginia. It needed a lot of work done. I fronted the +3k in supplies and labor and got it back up to an inhabitable st...

I'm asking these questions now because I've learned to ask questions from those who have been before me.

To not monopolize your time I'll cut to the chase.

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