I am a newbie... stuck in analysis paralysis. I "know how" to find the homes, how to possibly contact the owners, how to locate / assign contract. But all of this is from books and podcasts. I need to get in! My famil...

Hi BP!  My husband and I live in the SF Bay Area where home prices have risen substantially in past years.  We want to leverage some of our home equity and use that equity as down payment for our 2nd rental prop.  We'...

Ok for those of you who have read my posts I am a rookie land lord
and I put some pretty fancy doo dads in my rentals
they are c rentals neighborhoods that are a little sketchy There are bars on all the windows I t...

I have been on this forum for a while now. I realize one of the biggest problems in real estate is finding capitol to invest with. At the risk of sounding just like one of the many other people complaining about the d...

A person owns a home in Washington, DC and has a mortgage on it. They relocate to Massachusetts. One month later, they refinance the DC home and get a new mortgage, claiming the DC property is still their primary re...

To clarify my situation, I am in my first year of landlording, househacking a duplex, so I live next door to tenant. Tenant hasn't even been here a full six months and has broken the lease I feel several ways, but Im ...

So I am in the process of finding a tenant for my first rental (a townhome in Houston with no HOA). Many of the inquiries that we get are from people looking to lease and then re-list on airbnb or VRBO etc. I have lis...

I have examined many leases and I have never seen an expressed complete clause whereby the tenant damages the property and the landlord receives compensation immediately. I do not want to wait till they vacate and ha...

So I am trying to help out a single mom not to lose her section 8 but at the same time, I dont want to lose money.She makes only $13,824 A YEAR [or at least thats what she reported on smartmove.com]  The rent is $1750...