A tenant has indicated she wants out of her lease early due to her mother's failing health.  Regardless of the reason, I am glad to let her out early as she was an inherited tenant and she has been a concern since day...

Is there a rule of thumb for an old place built in 1900.  Right now I am using 8% for Repairs and 8% for Cap Ex.  What do you guys think?  The place is in good shape considering the age.  But I am nervous about the ag...

Hello,I am new to here and I am looking at my first rental investment now.  I have my eyes on a condo asking for $129K. The rent is estimated around $1K to $1.2K.  However, the HOA fee is $199/month.  Compare to the ...

There is so much fear and panic right now. And I see a lot investors posting about their concern for rent collections in May.
I'm curious about everyone's thoughts here.
Yes, things are bad right now. But most hea...

Hi! It's the first time I am going to be buying investment property in the States. I read about Residential Building Codes, which consist of hundred or thousands of pages and is updated almost yearly, differing depend...

For those who are looking to clean up the Presidency and keep the liars out of office come 2012, I would suggest writing off Sarah Palin as a candidate...

Looks like she has some difficulties telling fact from fictio...

I own a two family house in the Bronx that is in a commercially zoned area.  Every other building on the street is a large tenement style building with a ground floor business (restaurants, bars, cell phone shop, bike...

Anyone have any tips, tricks or helpful comments on how to successfully buy a quasi-hoarder home with a conventional loan to be a primary residence? It's an off-market sale.
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So I purchased my first investment property two years ago and have been slowly rehabbing it while house hacking with a couple of roommate tenants. Through this process I have been putting every dime I make into this h...

Hi,I'm surveying properties and being this would be my first attempt to purchase, wondering if I'm just being paranoid in investing in a property that has hardboard siding vs vinyl siding - does it matter?? I'm probab...