I am looking to buy my first rental property, but live in NYC. Where i know the tenant almost always wins. Trying to cover all angles here, what states near NY are particularly landlord-friendly v tenant friendly ?

I rent to students around a university. It is mid year and this tenants mom (co-signer) wrote the following note;I am writing to formally request the early termination of my child's lease at location in San Jose due t...

Hello Guys,I finally put some Cash together to buy a two family fixer up... I live in brooklyn NY, so I’m trying to stay pretty local with my investment. From anyone’s experience what would be the better market to buy...

Hi all,
I have encountered a deal of a fourplex, with full occupancy. It is in a nice neighborhood. However, the property has been having delayed capital upgrade or proper maintenance for a long time. The windows, ro...

I'm reading a lot about tenants and prospective tenants trying to skirt around "no pet" leases / rentals by claiming that they have "support animals" .. 
I am in Virginia and wondering if anyone is familiar with how ...

Hello Everyone! My name is Didas Akognon and I am from Prince George’s County, Maryland. I am 28 years old and I am new to this forum. I am multimedia technician for my day job and by night I am an entrepreneur. I own...

I'm considering converting my unit to a furnished short or medium term rental. Like all of us in Houston not directly in downtown/midtown, there's not much in the way of walk-able attraction which is unlike AirBNBs I'...

Hello all, I have an international student as a tenant and I haven't been able to get ahold of him in the past week. He doesn't have an SSN.
A couple weeks ago, I found a post on the university's housing page of him ...

I've heard and read varying opinions of the job Bernanke has played during our financial crisis .... TIME magazine picked him for the following reason:

But the main reason Ben Shalom Bernanke is TIME's Person of th...

Just wondering whether people typically use Quickbooks (or other accounting software) just to track rental property income & expenses, or the whole shebang such as:- Down payment/closing costs- Assets - the proper...