My General Contractor that I am using on one of my rehabs has just sent me a change order for $5500 over our initial budget. In addition to that, he is telling me that I have to pay the tile guy, the electrician, and ...

I looked at 3 popular destinations (Myrtle Beach | Orlando |Pigeon Forge) to analyze STR properties with the following setup. Not one has positive cashflow with a typical 10% second home loan / 30% vacancy & 6% in...

I bought a short sale rental house in New York a little over a month ago that had to be renovated.  The gas heat was turned off last April by ConEd, the local utility company, because the previous owner had not paid t...

I highly recommend that people track their personal finances, especially beginners that are just learning about real estate. I use (obsess?) mint.com, but there are lots of platforms and other's that have come up in f...

I would like to get landlord opinions on whether or not you use home warranties such as American Home Shield, etc for rental properties.  Is this something that landlords utilize to reduce repair costs, Do you require...

I live and work in Jacksonville, FL and have noticed over the last several months a huge influx of out of area investors. One buyer has bought over 100 homes here recently and rented them out. I researched some of t...

For the property my wife and I bought/took over, I looking to update the automated messages for guest. Currently we have one sent out at the time of bookings with a thank you and parking instructions. Below are some t...

Living in NH and doing some of the renovations myself, I am feeling the itch to buy a used truck! But with only one duplex under my belt, it definitely makes more sense to save the money and invest in additional prope...

Problem...... - Utilities From HELL!!!!My client has the property from hell, with an old-school forced air furnace.....I was able to get them great tenants at a great rate..... only to find the blood sucking heat drai...