On 5/3/2023 the City of Kansas City, MO announced that Short-Term Rentals will be completely banned in ALL residential zoning!  I had not taken it seriously until I read a couple of articles outlining their plans.  Mo...

For the second month in row, my tenants have paid rent 3+ days late. My lease states the following: Shall tenant(s) accounts not be paid in full by 4:00 pm on the 2nd day of the month, a late charge of twenty five dol...

Ok so i'm ready to get my first rehab underway, I've done enough research and it's about time that I pull the trigger. The only thing that holds me back is "MONEY". I don't want to use my own and the only way to go ab...

Hello BIggerPockets,
I started this discussion to get some thoughts and opinions on how the Coronavirus might affect the housing market. Mainstream media has been reporting about it nonstop for the last few days, sta...

I was in the process of buying what I was led to believe (by seller and listing agent) was a triplex, the top 2 units were rented and the bottom one was vacant, so I was going to live in bottom and continue renting th...

So in October I bought a low income rental in and ok neighborhood. My other rental is in an attractive neighborhood in Minneapolis and has been a breeze.

This low income rental has been quite a bit more work. It’s go...

Hello my fellow long-term buy & hold -ers.  The more I listen and study (from various sources local & national), the more I hear the experts talking about an upcoming downturn in the market. Some folks have so...

My situation is that I'm 45 years old and I have a 401K with my current employer. They match 100% up to 3% then 50% up to 5%. So I contribute 5% and get 4%, immediately vested. I've been contributing this for about 13...

So, this is in the news now-days. Here are a few thoughts - feel free to jump in:I've often said that I think it's kinda naughty when people charge $30,000 for real estate education. My rationale is as follows:Real es...