I was wondering what was everyone thoughts about rental properties in dilapidated areas was. Is it worth having all the numbers work out, i.e. 2% rule and house bought @ 70% of value etc., vs. the appreciation of the...

About 2 years ago, a friend here in the Seattle area contacted me through a financial investment group.  He told me about High Return Real Estate company.  It was supposedly an all inclusive real estate sales of renta...

Hi BP I received this text message below today from my tenant. Here is some info on the situation. Her lease has been over for 2yrs now so she is on a month to month lease. In her lease it stated she had access to the...

So we had an incident in one of our duplexes where a guest of the tenant was shot inside the home. I heard about it from the tenant on the other side who was afraid for their own safety, obviously. They have called me...

After 2 costly & unsuccessful lawsuits with our homophobic former Waco, TX community bank lender, my husband & I are seeking an LGBTQ-friendly funding source to help us re-purchase, rehab & expand our form...

Happy New Year everyone! Let 2016 be a year of learning and prosperity for all.I have a question and I would like someone who has done this and has experience with it to help me out. I have been acting as a sole propr...

I'm looking to start a direct mail campaign shortly, and have got pretty solid results in the past using the standard "I WANT TO BUY YOUR HOUSE AT XXXX"To wholesale properties, but it was tough to convert them into li...

We all had to start somewhere . . . new investors are thirsty for real estate advice and I think we can get a thread going with some fantastic feedback from many different viewpoints. So . . .

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I was impressed with my sales ability when the candidates for renting my property volunteered to pay 12 months in advance.
Then I was scared when my broker said its a BIG red flag cuz they might want to turn the hous...

Hi everyone,I'm wondering if Rentometer is a reliable measure of market rents? What other tools do you guys use? I've read that talking to a property management company that is knowledgable in your market is one of th...