Are landlords obligated to contribute to the community surrounding their rentals? If so, do you think landlords in a well-to-do community have less community obligations than owners in low income neighborhoods?

I th...

I am surprised no one else posted on this today! This is some scary stuff.

It seems that non-disclosure to the respective lenders in short sales flips has already gotten the feds involved - and some investors will be...

Blood bath is dramatic, but hoping to get some conversation going on this. lol. Homeowners across the state of Texas are getting jaw-dropping tax notices in the mail this month.  Huge reassessments of value on their p...

We (husband and wife filing jointly) are looking for a CPA. While interviewing CPAs to file our 2012 taxes we are trying to determine if we should file a partnership return or listed all of our properties on our ...

Hi All,Need some insight regarding some issues I'm experiencing with some tenants. I had a couple move in to my townhouse and in the few months they've been here there's been a series of repairs that were needed for t...

I see that it is a common goal for Buy & Hold investors to own several rental properties. Wouldn't having multiple mortgages expose someone to an excessive amount of risk? Suppose there's a market crash, rental ra...

Hi BP Community,I notice this question has been asked a couple of times before with no response but I'm hoping since then, new members have joined BP that may have experience in this area.  I have a seller who wants t...

I have a tenant who claims that there is a bad sewage smell coming from the master bathroom - making it unbearable to live in the condo.He just moved in there on May 1.The entire condo was remodeled. I was there very ...

I ran across Jason Hartman's website/podcast and am intrigued. Is there anyone here who's bought properties from his company that could share their positive or negative experience with me?For what it's worth, everyone...

The history of markets tells us that we will always have a crash.  

This graph shows total consumer debt in the US since 2003
Housing crashes come from over indebtedness, this graph shows that US consumers have mo...