Thinking about purchasing a property with cat urine around the refrigerator but the smell travels over other parts of the house. My question: Should I calculate that expense to fix it into my offer price or bid regula...

In July, my business partner and I put a single family home in a B or B+ rural neighborhood under contract for $140K.  The owner was a widowed elderly lady who was living in a nursing home and her children were left w...

It looks like it may be worth holding off on buying any more real estate. Check out what's coming in this article:

http://www.inman.com/news/2009/01/26/banks-unleash-flood-reos

Any thoughts?

I suspect I’m not the only one drawn to all the internet gurus claiming the sky is falling. How do you balance awareness of an alternate point of view with maintaining your sanity? I feel the market is a safe place to...

NYTimes asks has home buying and how home buyers look at buying fundamentally changed?  Austin and Austin home buyers were profiled in this Sundays NYTimes article.  I can't post the link but there is a paywall anyway...

My tenant of 5 years is vacating next week, so I'm planning on renovating the 2nd unit in my 2-flat with plans to sell by the end of summer. The vast majority of my experience is in C class rentals, where durability a...

Long story short I just evicted a tenant that left a dog behind. The house is infested and the dog is gone. Pest control has been out 4 times so far in the past 4-5 weeks to spray. Fleas remain. We have vacuumed an...

I have read some different responses on what to charge for when tenants leave.I have 2 tenants leaving this month.  For the one they were there a year and had some minor paint damage / holes. Cost of repair is $150. I...

This is my first encounter with the famous bed bug situation in NJ. I have one tenant infested with bed bugs. The apartment below and above it started complaining that they thought they had them. I am waiting for t...

Hi everyone, I recently purchased a very outdated duplex and am renovating pretty much the whole thing. I'm going to be painting the walls and ceilings next, but I am unsure what to do with the trim and doors. They ar...