Joe A.
Would you evict a 102 year old woman?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/102-year-old-california-woman-evicted-so-landlords-daughter-can-move-inThis guy is evicting a 102 year old woman so his daughter can move in to the apartment. The woman had been living there...
Arthur P.
Coronavirus and late or no rent payments
What is the plan when tenants can’t work and cannot make rent payments? It has already started for me.
Heather Frusco
Why is Rent still due during COVID-19?
I have had the opportunity to find and work with some of the best property managers (after many years) for our current properties. Over the years we have gone from me just treating them like just a service I hired to ...
Evan Parker
Congratulations! You Gentrify: Displacing a Community
This question is one I pose to anyone who has an opinion on the topic. Obviously we're all here because we like something about the idea of REI and passive income. As the process goes, we find a "good deal" in some ar...
Ben H.
Surviving The "Shift" of the rental market
Hello All.
I am interested in hearing from some long term investors around how they survived the last real estate decline and strategies used. What were the surprises and if you were to do it over again, would you h...
Will Barnard
The Occupants from Hell!
I am currently dealing with some occupants (who are no more than squatters) and getting them out so I can get in and start the rehab has been a daunting process. Typically, I get them out with cash for keys and it is ...
Mary Derman
Women in the workforce
Currently there is approximately 517,800 people employed as either a Real Estate Broker and/or Sales Agent, an ever growing field which has become increasingly stronger in the past couple of years. In 2006 the amount ...
Sid Franklin
Chicago/Illinois Property Tax Hikes Making Me Jittery About Investing
Chicago is a hot market now but the State, County and City all have significant public employee pension and healthcare debt (that cannot be reduced except maybe in a bankruptcy). Property taxes are already high, but ...
Michael Vilasi
Real Big Pickle. . .
Looking for any advice. The good, the bad and the ugly. I have a family in one of my long term rentals. In early December last year, one of their children had a medical emergency in the house and had to go to the hosp...
Rich Leone
Tenant Homicide in our St Paul Duplex
We woke up to some very disturbing news this morning. One of our duplex tenants notified us that the couple living in the other unit had a big argument early this morning. According to that tenant, the male shot and k...