Age 40.  Owner of a singe-family rental homePurchase price 15 years ago:  $200,000 (zero down payment)Current value: $400,000+Current mortgage:  20-year fixed with 19 years remaining @ 2.875%Seeking advice and opinion...

Hi Everyone,I have a potential tenant who has a 529 credit score, and 6 accounts in collections ($4k total). They earn 3x+ in income, no felonies, no evictions.The credit score would normally mean I would deny the app...

My wife and I each have ~$100K in our Roth IRAs and we would like to explore individually buying turn key investment properties using a self-directed IRA; however, although I've read quite a bit about this investment ...

Curious what others think of this new pro-renter ordinance approved in Seattle.  Would this make you think twice before investing in Seattle RE?In a nutshell, this ordinance aims to ban "discrimination by landlords a...

As a former Active Duty Army Officer, I had the opportunity to invest in properties throughout the southeast since 2008. After reflection, there is one highlight that sticks out since that timeframe, my properties ha...

I'm new to this forum, but hope to add value since my area of expertise (credit repair) benefits real estate investors and seems to be neglected in this community.

On October 23rd, the Federal...

One trick we use sometime is take a water hose from the back of a washer machine... I carry one in my trunk (With a plunger). Go to the neighbor and offer them $10 cash to run a hose from their outside faucet to your ...

Just wondering if there could be any issues with unknowingly renting to illegal immigrants. As a landlord, are we responsible for inquiring as to their citizenship? Could we get into trouble legally if we don’t?

We get a lot of this, and sometimes, it really does baffle me. As my profile says, I'm an affordable-housing handyman landlord running a small outfit out here in Pittsburgh and doing what I do is NOT EASY. It's signif...

I see this question pop up a lot on BP: "how do I evict a tenant in [city, state]?" I've had to evict a few tenants from properties I've owned in different states, but I always rely on property managers to contact the...