Hello everyone,I am a fairly new landlord in the state of Illinois. I own a single unit within a building of about 43 or so units that is managed by an HOA. I experienced my first tenant swap this month, and needless ...

Hi,We are renting out a house to our contractor who did work on the house and he became our tenant. Our property manager who is friendly with our tenant has informed us that since the inspector says we may not use the...

Any one have input one experience with the appraisal value of residence with window units vs. HVAC? My wife and I are in process of purchasing a Quadplex built in 1940s and currently has baseboard electric heat, and w...

Serious question. I realize it may be a stupid one but I'm willing to look stupid if it means I learn something. I've been a host for 5+ years now and have 7 STRs (1 in wine country in NOVA, the rest are in the Smokie...

I just bought a new Nokia Phone, an Asus Laptop, and my husband has a Surface RT Tablet. All have Windows 8 with touch screen. In going to my website when I click on the menu for current projects, the 2 sub folder...

Hi everyone:I'm in a situation and looking for a little advice. I made an offer on a property sight unseen and the seller accepted.  Problem is they took an extremely long time to produce the signed contract, and when...

HI - I'm considering buying a small condo in Manhattan but the window is facing multiple unidentified vents, seller told me it's all AC vents from 1 restaurant and 1 dry cleaner business on the ground floor. I'm conce...

I recently purchased an STR that was successful despite not having dynamic pricing, and only being listed on VRBO.they literally charged the same rate every night of the year, no matter if it was Monday or Thanksgivin...

I have been quoted $7087 to get my property rent ready again after a tenant was evicted please can someone offer me some advise on pricingTrash out of unit $1270Clean carpet $250Remove kitchen floor and replace $975Fu...

I am buying an 11 unit apartment building with a commercial mortgage and have the two following financing options: (Both are 20% down, amortizing over 20 years). Purchase price $640,000A)    4.25%, adjusting every 5 y...