I've seen a lot of posts about people eager to start an RAL and wanted to share some of the costly lessons I have learned and hopefully you can realize it before embarking on these projects. I've noticed the usual pos...

This discussion was cropping up in another thread about a different topic, and I wanted to hear more feedback from other members about what they prefer. As a primer, I am going quote @Rich Weese contributed as I find ...

The Section 8 tenant who has lived in my rental for two years has given notice, and in addition to the usual maintenance to make the single-family rowhouse ready for next tenant I'd like to make a couple of important ...

I know many landlords have gotten rid of most of their carpeting, but I'm still keeping it for the upstairs bedrooms, stairs, and for a living room downstairs. I've got tile in the rest of the house and hopefull...

Hello all! I'm looking for some feedback regarding my thoughts on how to acquire my next buy and hold property. I currently own 4 duplexes in Ames, IA, and after many years of expensive lessons, have finally turned th...

My husband and I recently started our real estate investing journey back in July of this year. We currently have one property, that up until recently was our primary residence. In July we decided to move back to my pa...

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I'm looking for a solution for a family member of mine. The situation is my family member has a house that she no longer resides in. She hasn't made a mortgage payment in 27 months, yet the bank...

I am trying to put my first 4 unit property under contract and here is the deal:I went on zillow and found a property I liked.  I called the listing agent and he said that his client did not want to give up the financ...

Give us your best (worst) landlord experiencing stories. Don't be shy. Even if you messed up in how you handled it (we all do). Winner is the one who posts the most entertaining story, as determined by number of votes!

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I am a leasing agent at a rather large property management company. We had a tenant that has been living in the same apartment for the last 11 years move out today. This tenant worked maintenance for o...