Criminal record? For years, landlords have been able to automatically disqualify any tenant with a criminal record - as they were not a protected class under Fair Housing Laws. Recent recommendations from HUD are call...

Above/beyond what I'm putting away in 401k/IRA/529/taxable accounts, I want to invest $200K/year for the next 7 years.  What would be effective ways to parlay that into a great passive income?  How would you do it if ...

Our property is in Lake County, IL and we are going through a 1st transition from 1st tenants to our 2nd ones. Tenants that moved out this month, left some damages behind (some repairable and some not) as well as didn...

I've reached out to a few realtors and was given a list of turnkey properties. A few caught my eye with the description of for sale $30,000, rents for $800 long term tenants, good payment history, fully rehabbed in 20...

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I have a rather bizarre situation and was hoping for some insight. I have a duplex (two units, one address) and rented out one unit to tenants and was keeping the other unit for myself. The tenant...

My contractor's crew began tiling the bath/shower surround today. It was such a mess I pulled it all off before the mortar could dry resolving to at least get it properly started myself. In researching tiling, I learn...

Starting this thread after reading through the "Austin is Hot" thread.  After reading that thread, the Austin atmosphere looks similar to California.  I'm a California investor and certainly a dearth of deals out ther...

Hello gurus,I am new to investing. My plan is to have 10 units/SFH/Condos etc in 10 years. I plan to buy and hold them and rent it for positive cash flow. The plan is to have something around 13k in rents from all the...

Hi all! I'm in process of closing on a 96k rental property and trying to decide btw 15 and 30 year mortgage.  Below are numbers:Purchase price: 96,000Down payment: 20%Interest rate: 3.125% on 15 yr,  3.85 on 30 yrMont...