I started my real estate journey 2 years ago and bought my first duplex fully rented. One unit ended up being a Section 8 tenant so I started Section 8 from my first day. This tenant has since had another child and mo...

As I've been on BP I've been reading as much as possible--even the ones that sounded scary. I want to learn the worst things about being a landlord as well as the positives. The question for the day:

What was...

I know some of you are only doing month to month leases for flexibility and control. But what do you do if you have a really good prospective tenant who "needs" a longer term? Perhaps they just left their last renta...

Hear me out.

Let's say part of your screening criteria is a minimum of 3x rent as income. In CA and some (all?) other states, you cannot discriminate based on source of income. That means if the prospective...

RE Gurus,
Recently started looking to invest in Akron/OH for single family homes. They seem to have good number of properties under 100K built in and around 2000's. We are out of state investors. Any advice from loca...

Never know what to believe. News this morning was talking about section 8 payments no being made and section 8 appealing to landlords not to evict .. I don't think many would evict over one missed payment given the si...

I am looking to buy my 1st investment property soon. A house just came on the market at a good price that my realtor wants to show me. We just found out that it has a Section 8 tenant already living there and tha...

I have been putting a lot of thought into the housing market and our homeless issues in Washington and I'm wondering if all these tenant rights are pushing investors away from LTR? I have always wanted my investing to...

Hey folks, looking for any experiences you can share that are similar and/or advice on how to best prepare for this upcoming Mediation date. I've never done this before.Here's the story: we inherited a Section8 tenant...

Looking for ideas on how to get my property to move. I have an undesirable unit which is not renting. I am not sure if I should rent less than the mortgage to get it to move or to cut my losses at this point it has be...