I am looking for advice for how to proceed if a tenant wants to terminate a lease midway into the leasing agreement without probable cause to leave. This is for an owner occupied duplex. Tenant in question occupies 1s...

Today the mail lady came to give me a certified letter. I signed for it and opened it immediately. It was a letter from Homevestor's attorney. The attorney stated that I was in violation of Unauthorized use of Int...

I called the county permitting office and they do require a permit to replace a water heater. Since it's highway robbery to pay a licensed plumber to do anything, I was wondering if most people ignore the permit issue...

I just wanted to share some more recent experience with Kwikset deadbolts as I have recommended them to numerous people in the past.  Since early 2011 I have been installing Kwikset Smartkey deadbolts in all of my pro...

I spend a lot of time in the forums, and have read lots of negative stories about property managers. I'm looking for PM stories where they did what they said they were going to do, or went above and beyond.I know @Ali...

I just met with three different sets of general contractors to get an idea on the costs associated with the rehab, and I wound up with three completely different estimates.  Contractor A gave the property a good walk ...

Hi, I'm looking to get some feedback from some experienced investors that have been working in the industry for at least a few market cycles.I'm properly positioned to start investing. I have some cash, credit(HELOC),...

Hi guys,I need some advice from the pros on if and how I should try to grow my parents real estate portfolio. My dad invested in some real estate 10-15 years ago. He has 6 investment properties and his primary home. H...

In David Greene's book "Long Distance Real Estate Investing" (which is awesome, btw) I saw an argument that I didn't understand fully, which is basically "you should overpay on your mortgages to refinance them faster ...

To start off I know a lot of people ask about skip trace companies here in the wholesale forum but I would love to hear from some experienced users of these services to determine which is best! After sifting through o...