My tenant was in the attic and said they found some what appeared to be fresh rat poo.I sent a pest control guy over there and he came back with the following recommendations:- Apply detour and traps in the attic - Fo...

Hello BP...I'm finally (FINALLY!) making my first post.  I wanted to share my current situation and get some insight from more experienced investors.So, I own two 2-family homes in Rochester, NY and I'm in the process...

There is a tree within five feet of a property I have under contract. It's got a noticeable lean to it and the unanimous advice I've received is to remove it. However, what is more concerning to me is whether it is im...

I was driving for dollars and I passed a distressed property. The house looked vacant and the lawn looks like it hadn’t been cut in years. I wrote down the address went home and pulled up the city tax assessors websit...

I'm trying to assess a cash purchase for my first investment purchase and it's a cash deal so I'm trying to do my own due diligence. As part of that, I'm trying to figure out the best way to go about a home inspection...

Investor stories from the trenches.

Hello all! I am just starting to build a plan to start a REI business for myself.

My plan is to have REI be my main source of income in 3 years.

I have be readi...

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While driving yesterday, I noticed a house with DCRA notices all over it - overgrown grass, unpaid taxes, utilities cut off etc. Quick online research revealed that the owner passed away and property has ...

Hello! I have spent the past year reading these forums and books in prep for my first purchase, and one major take-away is to be extremely cautious on properties with underground oil tanks. The instructions on how to ...

Good evening. We inherited a tenant when a seller signed a one-year lease on a vacant unit two days before our closing. We expected the unit to be vacant at closing and were in for quite a surprise. We decided to give...

I was contacted yesterday by a rep from this company who says that their hundreds of real estate websites generate thousands of leads and they collect info from them to make sure they are serious and then send them ov...