The building stock in New York City is already old and undesirable compared to newer cities. With new rent regulations expected to pass by Saturday, the government will effectively create an environment of deteriorati...

Hi, have my own rental properties but my mother in law is the tennant in this case. She decided to shut up shop on her preschool and move into her home to downsize. She rented for many years and was responsible for tu...

Being a first time buyer, i have found a duplex. It is in a rougher area and needs a little work. I imagine i could get them from their asking price of $38k to $28-30k. If i put $10k in it I could easily sell for $50-...

My first rental is done and now in the hands of the property manager. I am closing on my second deal in about 3 weeks.

I expected the first rehab to be a bit unorganized and it was. The order of operations wa...

We had a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure about 26 mos. ago. Now we have bought a property with a loan from a family member. We put about 30% of the sale price back into it in improvements immediately. So with a new assess...

Every year around October 30th it is always a reminder of happened in 1984. This event was before my time but what are the chances that a group of people “setting a total of 810 fires near Halloween.  Can we actually ...

I have a client who is in need of a personal loan (under 15K). The funds will be used for cosmetic home improvements as we list and sell the property. My client intends to pay off the principal, interest, fees... all ...

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I own and operate a full time short term rental. We added a pool to the home last year. When doing taxes it separates the assets, property & the new land improvement (pool). My question is, we would like t...

I have a single family house with longtime tenants who are just barely getting by financially, and experiencing various health problems.  My wonderful property manager retired 1.5 years ago, and handed things over to ...

I thought this was kind of a cool anecdotal story about the importance of doing a good job with your rehabson your rentals.  (So often I see people just doing a crummy job on them, justifying it with the excuse that "...