I am planning to buy a fixer upper and make it a B & B.  I'm torn about using a general contractor vs. doing the general contracting myself.CONs of Hiring a General Contractor:1. They are reputed to suck big time ...

We are a few days from closing on our first deal! We'll be house-hacking a 2-family detached house in Union City, NJ, about 12 min bus ride from Manhattan Port Authority.  We are inheriting an existing tenant who is p...

Hi all,I own a duplex in Long Beach where I rent the upper unit long term and the lower unit short term (airbnb). My upstairs tenants have been in since May 1. They are lovely girls in their 20s and one has a service ...

A few years ago if a tenant owed you rent or damaged your property you could enter the premises and “hold” certain items. It’s an old law I believe but was still could be used. It’s so old you couldn’t take their goat...

Hey all! I've been posting recently about a property that my mother/uncle recently inherited. Its a SFH in NJ (down the shore) in an > 55 community. The house was paid for in cash, so no outstanding mortgage, prope...

In contract for a turnkey property in Memphis, TN. It will cost approx $4000 to remove the Oak tree based on a professional estimate. There is a bedroom above this corner of the house. The roots would still be under t...

Hi Everyone, I'm just getting started on my investing path, and I've decided to seriously consider looking at single family rental properties out of state.  I know there's some extra risk involved with this route, but...

So In late 2018 I bought a package of five of those small brick houses you see all over Georgia (less than $70k each) and had the brilliant idea to renovate them and rent them out via section 8. Today I got a $14,000 ...