So I was advertising my mothers upstairs appartment out of Buffalo New York, ( The appartment is not section 8 approved) this is my first time renting out a space and I assumed you had to be approved to take section 8...

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A lender reached out to me with what seems to be an attractive loan program. 1-15 year terms, 6 percent starting rates, even 100 percent funding. Only thing that made me hesitate was he requires a 20 percen...

Hello,I have a rental house in Brooklyn Park, Maryland in Anne Arundel County.I am getting a lot of calls from prospective tenants that have a voucher. I usually don't prefer them as I'd rather deal with a "regular pa...

What do you think of Tulsa, OK?Cashflow is a bit negative on this deal since it's the better part of Tulsa.What do you think?

Hello everyone. Thank you for taking the time to read this, and give your valued advice.I’m looking to buy my first multi family unit, I’ve been looking into the Freddie Mac home possible loan program, and working wit...

Let me start with "I'm a newbie."I've started hearing a little bit about rate increases for homeowners who used the government's Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) loan modifications beginning in 2009 (5 year...

Everyone says that Chicago has laws that greatly favor the tenant over the landlord. I'm not getting good comparative search results so maybe someone with more Google-fu could provide some better search queries. I'm c...

Seattle currently includes 'source of income' as a protected class when considering tenant applicants.  On Sept. 30 a new WA state law will expand that to the entire state.  At our property management company we are n...

In the next year I will be purchasing a number of buy-hold single family rental properties in my area.  I have access to the MLS and Zillow,  and any internet site, but on the surface I can't seem to extract from thes...

Basics are 10 year tenant, always no pets.  Found out a cat was in unit, talked to tenants told them cat had to go.  Only verbal notice.  2 weeks later they deliver a note from Soul Reconstruction specialist that they...