I just heard about a property management company having their tenants fill out a W-9 Form when they lease them up.  This is for the purpose of reporting to the IRS any security deposit refunds of more than $600.I'll c...

Hello Everyone,  What are some of the things that you do to protect your out of state rental property in initial days after purchase ? Would love to learn from y'll. 

I rent to students around a university. It is mid year and this tenants mom (co-signer) wrote the following note;I am writing to formally request the early termination of my child's lease at location in San Jose due t...

Hi BP,
it has been a long time since I last posted on here and things have changed for me personally as well as professionally. My businesss partner and I would like to finally start investing in U.S. real estate and...

Hi my name is Tracey Willis and I am new to real estate investing. I am in the Atlanta metro area and looking to learn as much as possible so I can do my first deal. 

Hello members! A friend and I are looking to get into the multi family unit for our first purchase, neither one of us have experience but over the past few years we have done a lot of research on pricing, and what is ...

An owner-occupied investment property is a multi-unit building where the investor resides in one of the units. I’ve worked with many owner-occupier investors and generally speaking, they are also first-time homebuyers...

Hey everyone - Looking for advice on how you have setup and structured your syndicates. Specifically, I am looking for the best formation to appeal to lenders.  We obviously cant have all our limited partners underwri...

Hi, folks,
We're doing some tenants screening with Zillow while its content seems to be not sufficient, especially for tenants with less than 650 credit score which we may want more info. Is that normal to ask tenant...

I am in process of buying one property and wanted to understand how lease agreements are transferred (or have owner name updated). Does escrow handle that along with holding rents/deposits etc? or it need to be clearl...