I'm one year into being a landlord, and I loved it for about the first six months--in spite of numerous challenges. I could handle it! My motto was "Nothing's gonna stop this cowgirl!" I rode high in that saddle.But t...

I won't bore anyone with the details. One of my ex-tenants made the following post on her facebook page and inundated me with long, rambling text messages claiming her attorney was going to take me down. Yes, she is a...

So last night my tenant and I went through our property move out inspection walk through.  I had bought this property about 6 months ago at auction and inherited this tenant.  Needless to say, the place is destroyed. ...

As an investor, property manager, and Realtor focused on selling investment properties I have seen most new investors make the same mistakes.  Many times they come to us for help on the property management side and we...

With the stock market ending their worst quarter since 2008, there has been much talk about a recession in the near future. I understand that recessions are highly unpredictable, no matter how much research is put int...

Bought a teardown at a tax auction, went in and knocked a hole in one of the kitchen walls, found three stud bays filled with plastic-wrapped used bills, mostly twenties but lots of fifties, hundreds. $873K total. The...

I like to use Net Present Value when evaluating deals, but I don't see it a lot on this forum or other real estate evaluations. Can anyone shed some light on why not to use it?

Hello, this is my first post I'm new to the forum and I'm a newbie to the real estate world.Does anybody have any experience in investing in Spain?I'm currently living here and it's where I plan on starting my venture...

I have just had a big blow to morale.  I have a SFH with 4 bedrooms and the tenant is on Section 8 in New Orleans, LA.  The cooling part of the HVAC system totally died about a year ago (HVAC can still heat house).  I...