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I am planning to close on my first rental property tomorrow in North Charleston, SC.  I purchased the property with 5% down.  It is actually two homes on the same lot that I plan to separate with a fence.  ...

Hello everyone, I'm extremely new to real estate, just in my early days of getting educated, and I had a thought come to mind the other day. I've been listening to the bigger pockets podcast on my way to and from work...

Long story short - I came across a large industrial building sort of accidentally, which I have divided up and leased out at a profit. This is my only experience as a landlord, and I find it relatively easy with an in...

The majority of the real estate holdings I have are single family homes.  We have one duplex that periodically makes us scratch our heads when trying to rent it.  Case in point.  This weekend my wife showed the open u...

I know this probably varies from state to state or county to county, but how many unrelated people can you typically rent to in a single familiy house? I am looking to buy and rent out a house to six girls near a coll...

Hi Everyone,Had a question, has anyone ever used RentPrep before?I have a tenant that I am currently evicting. My attorney tells me " Did you not do a background check on this guy? He has 3 evictions in his past over ...

Most counties have public back ground checks, I think.  Meaning, I can type your name in a counties database and if you have been arrested before I can if you have been arrested and for what.   I know there are backgr...

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This is my first post as I just bought my first rental property and came across this fantastic site. Hope to stay engaged with others on this forum.

Some background - I just closed on a town house pro...

Hey everyone!If you are looking to buy out of state for buy and hold properties, how do you decide if a neighborhood is 'good' or 'bad'? I've tried looking at areas via Google street view, but I know that's probably n...

So my old tenant is finally moving out and I am dealing with the turnover right now. I thought I'd get a jump and start advertising when the place is not even ready yet, thinking I'd schedule the showings a week o...