I'm exploring the idea of buying a single-family home in South Austin and turning the garage into a self-contained living space that I would live in and rent out the main house. The idea would be to use that space as ...

Hi All,This is my first year recording my mileage. I am a real estate agent and work full-time as an attorney for a corporation. Accordingly, I only spend a small percentage of my year working as an agent v. attorney;...

From another client report (this one from 2012) - sans footnotes and references.All Americans are experiencing the expansionist wave of government control over all of our activities, and businesses are being increasin...

hi everyone this is a follow up to my previous question i am thinking that if i have to pay this realtor that is representing the seller 6 percent i might as well get my own realtor to represent me.  mainly because th...

I manage real estate for investors, and wanted to hear from the insurance brokers as to what your feel is for the growing number of "service Animals" in rental properties. The biggest concern that I have is that we ca...

I’m under contract for a property in Brookshire, Tx and the sellers stated in their sellers disclosure that the home flooded during Harvey. During due diligence, I found out that there were actually two claims: Harv...

I thought I might see a little more about the new Canadian mortgage rules and how it's effecting investors, I would imagine this is more an effect on the smaller investors but I also wanted to know how they were findi...

Wondering if it’s a good or bad idea to provide washer and dryer for tenants?