Let's imagine someone owns a rental in the state of Pennsylvania, which is inhabited by a couple (boyfriend and girlfriend) and the girl's child. Let's also imagine both the adults are on the lease. The male adult com...

In Md the state requires renters to provide rental insurance. I'm looking to purchase a MF home in VA in Jan and wondering if it's customary to require renters to obtain insurance as well. Is it overkill or even legal...

Husband is thinking this may be a good way to increase the ease of rental - and more importantly - sale down the road. Anyone ever tried this?

thanks - suz.

Greetings All!  We are in New Bern NC... a great little big small town with a lot of history!  I feel like I'm coming late to the party regarding getting our toes wet in Real Estate- (buying with cash, rehabing & ...

I recently bought an inhabitable investment property and we bought it knowing that it needs some brick work and tuckpointing that will cost $12,000 to complete. Rather than building up the $1500 net profits every mont...

If you have decided, say 4 months before a lease is to expire, to not renew your tenant's lease, when would you inform him/her?I don't mean when you have to legally inform the tenant. which I believe in my state it is...

I currently have insurance though Accuity on a 17 unit Class C apartment complex. I recently filed a claim, they denied it, and are now dropping the policy. I need to find a new carrier asap and have not had any luck....

Hi All,Fairly new to the game (but with a huge appetite for learning!). I have walked into a couple properties and two strong emotions come to me: i) just felt like there was no way I would live in those properties an...

When buying a small multi family, what should your due diligence include?2 months ago I bought what seemed like a legal 3-family, is registered with the assessor's office as a 3-family, yet now the fire marshal declar...

Hey All, My wife and I are thinking of purchasing a home in California, the house is priced relatively well with comps and we like it very much. However, there are currently tenants in place and I am unsure how to pro...