Hello!  Let's start a list of ideas we all can do to pay less taxes!  I heard someone on the podcast recently just briefly say "Learn to live on pre-tax money." And I haven't been able to get that out of my head since...

I've only been in business a short while, but own three rentals.  One I had to turn over already due to the quality of tenants, and it just happens to be the house with the most door locks I've ever seen on a 1200 s.f...

Just got an email from my PM stating that they will offer tenants a $75.00 discount if they pay rent in April or May.  From first glance i am okay with this.  I think this might weed out those that won't pay due to Co...

Hello everyone, for the last year and a half I have been deeply considering and researching purchasing a vacation home. When I say that I mean, I want to buy a property and be able to visit there once in awhile, b...

So we have an issue. My grandma owns a home and I do part of the landloring for her. We rented the 2nd fl apt to fellow church friends. Now at first my grandmother did not want to do business with church people but go...

How do you guys respond when a tenant tells you they can't pay until the 15th or 20th? Or they want to change the payment date to the 5th or 10th? What are your exact words and responses to these situations?

I'm VERY new to this, so I have to be overlooking something.  In Illinois they do a bid down auction on the penalty interest.  And after some research, I found the majority of the winning bids on the liens go for betw...

My partner and I have been considering purchasing a duplex as an investment for our first home. We moved back to Minneapolis last year after living in Los Angeles for 2 years. We have been renting for the past year at...

Ok so a seller called me yesterday basically told me he was about to list with a realtor but had it rented out in mean time. He asked how I got his name i said I am looking to buy houses in your neighborhood and this ...

Let me first start by saying that I am far from being a newb in Short Sales. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not dumb enough to 'claim' to be doing short sales since 1952 or some crazy stuff like that.

As most o...