Hello,Has anyone experimented with outsourcing deal analysis and market analysis?  There is something very tempting about having someone smarter than myself doing basic analysis on tons of properties while I am sleepi...

I have a four unit in Chicago, the tenants are fairly careless about keeping all the garbage in the cans. It's not typically that bad, box gets left on top etc, but recently got four violations totally $2,000 for four...

I own a rental that produces $250/mo cash flow currently. My wife and I want to buy another rental or a fix-n-flip. We are considering cashing out the equity in our rental via refinancing. The property is valued at...

Hello everyone. I've been looking at a house that is vacant and boarded up. From what I can see, it looks like it needs a full rehab. The exterior is terrible and needs to be redone, the inside looks bad too with the ...

Hi everyone,I've had a bad experience with my current property management company, especially when it comes to tenant placement. One of my apartments was empty for almost 6 months - even though I referred several inte...

Hi all!We just purchased our first out of state rental home late last year, a 3 bed 2 bath, in Alabama, and did  conventional loan and 20% down. House was in decent shape but needed some work which I did all myself (p...

This may be a basic question but I have never inherited tenants on a property that I bought before so I wanted to know about pro-rated rents at closing.For example, if a tenant owes the seller unpaid rent at closing, ...

So I just recently ran across three apartment buildings in a low income area not too far from where I live. I did a quick number crunch and it looks like it would have pretty good cash flow. Im pretty new to the inve...

Hello all, My wife and I are looking to buy a property in the Paseo District in OKC. The house is in pretty bad shape. Floors/foundation, windows, siding, plumbing, electrical, and the roof are questionable and probab...

Hey guys, just wanted to hear personal experiences with accepting section 8. The good the bad, why you prefer or do not prefer section 8? Do you experience less turn over with section 8?