My partner and I are hoping to move to Buffalo, NY within the next 3-5 months.  We are eager to begin "house hacking" in a cheaper city (we currently live in Washington, DC) in order to save thousands in housing expen...

I have a friend that recently received an insurance settlement that far exceeds the cost to repair the damage from a small fire at one of their rental properties. They made the repairs and now are left with a hefty wi...

I am buying a duplex. Both sides occupied. Current tenants just renewed for another 3 years each until July 2018. Good deal, will put it in the deal diaries a little later after we close in a few days.Do the leases au...

Hey all, I have been in the El Paso area for the last couple weeks on business. I am a claims adjuster and have been working on every end of town and surrounding suburbs. Something I've noticed is that there are singl...

Asking for a friend: Has a non-conforming basement, zoning really. 2 exits, 3 br, nice apartment. Can she post it on zillow market place? Where do people post "illegal" basements? It obvisouly wouldn't fly with sectio...

We have several real estate related bills on the table here in Virginia for the 2020 legislative session. One bill, HB152 proposes to allow for up-zoning of areas traditionally zoned for SFR only. He goes on to descri...

One of my biggest fears is getting ripped off by contractors, them stealing my money, rehab cost exceeding budget . However, I realized to maximize my returns I need to consider distressed properties as an out of stat...

Hi All - I've seen quite a bit of confusion on the application of the Passive Activity  Loss Rules and Short Term Rentals.  Beyond BP, there is a lot of confusion in the accounting community as well but the same rules...

I was wondering if anyone had any experience or input on REAL?  From my limited research I see that it is an online real estate brokerage with zero monthly costs, and an 85/15 commission split.  I would assume the sup...

I'm tweaking our owner finance program our company has been using as a way to find good folks but currrently have bad credit. We've found selling when you say "owner financing, wrecked credit is ok" has many advantag...