I bought a bank owned property off an auction website. It is and has been a duplex for decades including separate central air units. It is zoned as single family and I am having trouble deciphering the city's applicat...

Hi, I recently have a legal name change, and I own 2 rental properties in Fairfax county, VA. What is the most cost-efficient way of updating the deed records? I was hoping that this is an easy process, given how freq...

How do You know if your tenants are changing the air filters?

Does anyone here have a policy from NREIG underwritten by Third Coast Insurance?  I'd be curious to hear about your experience.This appears to be one of the only options I have for insuring my STR in a wildfire area, ...

I recently changed my business name in Michigan. Two of my rental properties are in the old name. Still the same business, just submitted an amendment to the articles of incorporation. My question is, do I need to swi...

How long does a lender usually want a borrower to live in a primary residence before they move out and make it a rental property, (in order to keep the lower primary-residence loan rate)? 

I'm closing on a house in GA.  I want the house to be in an LLC but I will have to secure the conventional mortgage.  My lender and his main underwriter are swearing up and down that they close loans all the time for ...

I have been reading some commercial Deeds of Trust in my spare time (I need to get some more exciting hobbies!) and I was surprised to discover that it is common for the lender to consider basically any change to the ...

If you have several rental properties in various locations (I don't mean multiple units in same building), is there any reason I shouldn't key them the same?

In other words, I had one property that I changed ...

Alabama tax sales law has changed dramatically.  SB257, which was signed into law, changes interest rates to 8%.  It might or might not be retroactive, depending on who you ask.  Procedures for improvement payments up...