One of the biggest obstacle in this field has to be the lack of professionalism and work ethics from contractors. I feel that we constantly have to baby sit them and tell them how to do their job the right way, and on...

I own tax liens on the parking lot and entrance driveway of a townhouse subdivision. Thinking ahead ... if I end up with the deed via a tax foreclosure, what are some creative things I can do with the entrance and...

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I just finished watching the pod cast with Brian Burke and on the pod cast they touched on starting out. They seemed to agree that the "ideal" way to starting out is finding a mentor rather than maxing ...

I'm relatively new to REI, but have had a single rental property for ~3 years that does well. My father on the other hand, has ~20+ properties and tracks everything manually in a spreadsheet. While I could likely writ...

My painter that I hired yesterday showed up to only gather his stuff and leave. He finally returned a call and told me that when I get done with all of the prep work to call him "if I was still interested in using him...

I have currently began using the Property Management Software Cozy and was wondering if anyone else that utilizes this software can help answer a few questions for me. What are the Pros and Cons with utilizing the sof...

I would like to hear what other landlords use for locks. I was recently told about a lock that can be used on multiple properties but the landlord/owner can get in all with just one key. Anybody out there using any sp...

So I spent a big chuck of my time last week trying to get home equity line of credit on my 3 properties. Using the rules of thumb that primary is 80% and rental propertyies at 70-75%, I figure I could get over 100k li...

First, some background info! I bought a 4plex in my small town in the upper peninsula of Michigan earlier this year and things are going great with it. Just finished renovating my only vacant unit and had 3 calls on t...

If I want to know how a REIT or any mutual fund in any sector has performed relative to the market and relative to its peers in the last 1 year, 3 years, 5 years or 10 years, I can find this out through a rating servi...