I've been following the MLS and see several duplex deals in far east Dallas (south of I30 and west of I635). They've been selling at 10% cap rates. It's not a very nice area so there likely won't be much appreciation ...

I am building a duplex right now and its my first rental. We are at insulation and drywall right now, so we are hopefully 6-8 weeks out on it being done. My question is, when would you start marketing it for rent? Am ...

I was curious if anyone could help me on my seller finance pitch. I know there are lots of ways to do this.would you say the most important step is finding out what they need first? or is there a strategy when sending...

I living in the bay area where there is a shortage of good rental units.  I rent, and the last couple of units I've gone to see have always had over a dozen applicants.  What would the drawbacks be to setting your ren...

What is the typical tenant screening process?  Of course getting a feel for the tenants when you show the unit, and background and credit checks, but how else do you decide whether or not you potentially have a qualit...

Thanks in advance for any answers given.Today’s date: 3-12-15State: Georgia Company: Farm BureauLoss date 3-18-13No work done yet on roof(claim details below)My questions are: Is there a deadline for getting the recov...

We are currently using Buildium for our property management for our properties along with rentals that we manage for other investors in our market. We are considering a change that's easier to handle online payments, ...

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I'm thinking of switching all my banking to a completely online bank, Ally. Anyone else done this? I'm thinking that perhaps, because they are online only, I can do more from my house without alway...

Looking at Cozy, Buildium, Tenant Cloud, do any sync with bank accounts for expense tracking (trying to not do Quickbooks) I'm just setting up a simple 4-plex and I see that all of these do some level of accounting.  ...

Hi BP,Currently setting up our online payment for collecting rent, but until then, this first month I will have to collect it by other means-  I know Cash is DEFINITELY a no-no, but is a money order ok for the first m...