A prospective tenant applied for one of my apartments. She has listed as income "Structured Settlement (Lawsuit)" coming in for about 67% of her income, the other 33% of her income is from her actual job.  Is there a ...

This fairly simple change in the tax law created some confusion that I want to clear.
The basic rules for deducting business meals have not changed. The only change is that you get to deduct 100% of it, as opposed to...

Hi all,
My in-laws are selling their home in LA County and we are unfamiliar with the requirements to sell. My wife and I sold our place in OC a couple years ago and the requirements didn't seem as stringent.
The es...

Hello all - My tenant's lease ends July 31 and I did not receive last month rent for July. On inquiring the tenant informed me their deposit (equal to one month rent) should be applied to last month rent. The lease sp...

Hypothetically, my property manager and I have discussed recent applications for my single family home. We feel that a single tenant would be less wear and tear long term than a family with kids. But... would that be ...

I am a new investor in the state of WA and I want to know if is possible to buy for pre-foreclosures. I am aware of the Distressed homeowner law. However, is there a way around that law? 

Mortgage companies do this all the time , lower credit score , you pay a higher interest rate , pmi etc.   Now  lets say I advertise my house for rent on the low end with a disclaimer. " rental rate based on a credit ...

I also applied for a mortgage, they wanted 995.00 up front. It says the Company is from NC, they are not. I always do a scam check on a website called Scam experts. They check out your inquiry and tell you what they f...

Hello everyone.I just got a noticed that my county will be conducting their annual tax certificate auction.I downloaded the list and narrowed it down to areas I'd be interested in.What are the pitfalls of Tax cert auc...

Does your 5 day grace period start on the first, and fee applied on the 6th, or start on the 2nd, and late fee applied on 7th? seems like it would be the latter, but I have been applying it on the 6th, not sure.