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I was stunned when our family friend told me that she would contribute $100 K in cash towards my purchase of a $250,000 Duplex at Tinley Park, Il. I already made an offer on this Duplex and waiting for the Seller's ba...
In Portland, we must give 90 days notice to change rent/terms or renew lease. Tenants' lease ends May 31. March 1, I offered to renew lease for June 1, no rent increase. March 30, they emailed that they didn't want to...
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My investment property had a fire and burned down... To be more exact, only half of the house caught fire and the other half got the water and smoke damage from the firemen and all that.The place is uninhabitable; ten...
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Hello bigger pocketers!
I know, I know, don’t believe anything you see on TV is what they say.
But I was curious to know from people who are in the flipping business already how much of what is shown on HGTV is re...
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My husband and I purchased our first investment property. We renovated it and found tenants to move in on the first of this month. Today, someone randomly reached out to us and warned us about this tenant. That he is ...
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This bad handyman is accidentally looking to get promoted to just a regular handyman. Ive never been afraid to roll up my sleeves, but I generally know what I don't know and hire out the more advanced or specialize...
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I've been trying to purchase a rental property for the better part of a year now. It just seems like anything available on the market never works when I really look at the numbers. Here's an example of a current place...
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https://www.facebook.com/events/1665406613716274/This is entitlement. Us landlord and investors has to pay a bank mortgage to keep a house, if they don't they pay monthly we lose the house.Same should go for any perso...
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Hi all,I am a real estate agent and a new multifamily investor. I have 1 4plex purchased last August cash flowing at about $1000/mo and a SFH rental which funded the multifamily and breaks even. We are working on ou...
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I think I could write a book sometimes with some of the crazy stories from owning and managing vacation rentals. I'd love to hear your stories and how you've addressed the issue to prevent it from happening again (if ...