We plan to turn our current house hack into a long term rental. We just discovered a crack in the concrete slab foundation that is a borderline major problem:- It is a vertical crack about 1/8 inch wide that is at lea...

I recently met with a wholesaler over coffee to discuss the types of properties I am looking to purchase for my rental business. I was expecting a straightforward wholesale arrangement, but the wholesaler proposed ...

For those who use a property management company, what criteria do you look for in a potential PM company?

I'm looking at more and more syndication investments, because it is a personal interest of mine. 
And it really rubs me the wrong way when a syndicator puts together a deal in a way that has very little of their own ...

First off, I do not own any apartment buildings and do not play an apartment building owner on TV. However, I've been starting to follow the apartment building investing popularity, listening to some of the the gurus,...

If a rental applicant falls a little short of our qualification standard of 3x income or favorable credit, we sometimes offer an option for the tenant to pay a double security deposit or pay 2 or 3 month's rent in adv...

Hi–I just bought my first rental property – a 4plex of 1/1s in the Vallejo, CA area. I'm inheriting 4 tenants, 3 of whom are month-to-month. I'm looking for the best way to get the 3 month-to-month tenants up to reaso...

I'm in an interesting deal and would love to hear your opinions.I have a $420k commercial building.  A microbrew wants to move in and fix it up.  After 3 to 5 years they want an option to buy up to 50% of the facility...

Looking at a Lease option to purchase and will rent out to my tenant.  Anyone have experience with these types of transactions?  Option fee is 10,000 for 125,000 purchase.  What is typical length, does payment apply t...

what do you all use for your rental properties? I'm acquiring a new property that needs a new roof in the next year and I'm thinking about steel for the high winds in kansas. Does anyone have any input on their prefer...