I'm nearing the end of real estate school and will be taking my state exam in mid-July. I've been reading @Scott Trench's book, Set for Life, and I'm bought into the concepts. The problem I'm having is... figuring out...

Hi All, I was initially looking to invest in Phoenix and Tucson, but Casa Grande recently caught my eyes as an emerging market as I saw home prices have increased quite dramatically in the last 12 months. Anybody here...

The local borough where I own my rental property has come up with a real doozy of a new ordinance to go into effect this January. I'm fairly sure that they wanted a new law to deal with a few problem properties, prob...

I am curious to know how people feel about renting to college students?  That is, a 2/2 or 3/2 at least.  The house is close to the university (and there are a hand full in the same neighborhood/street that are for sa...

Hey BP,I will be a new landlord in Milwaukee, Wisconsin soon and I am wondering if there are any specific readings for the state I should look into. I have already looked into "The Wisconsin Way" and Wisconsin statute...

Hey Everyone!This is my first rental property (a triplex), which is in the state of PA. Before I send my attorney to create, I'm asking as many of you Real Estate Investor Veterans as possible to please read it over a...

I read advertisements for other landlords' rental properties.  Sometimes they say "if you have any evictions, it will be a double deposit".  I wonder, why accept more money just to take on a bad tenant? I think those ...

Most personal finance pundits will tell you that if a purchase does not produce income and depreciates, it's bad debt. They'll also tell you that you should avoid bad debt wherever possible, buying things like cars up...

NYTimes asks has home buying and how home buyers look at buying fundamentally changed?  Austin and Austin home buyers were profiled in this Sundays NYTimes article.  I can't post the link but there is a paywall anyway...