Good morning/afternoon, all!So I'm currently living abroad doing volunteer work, and when I get back stateside in a year and change, have plans to start investing in real estate, mostly house-hacking and transitioning...

I had coffee recently with a retired real estate investor of 40 years. We talked about real estate cycles, flipping properties, the meltdown of 2008, and other things. He started telling me about some of his rehab hou...

I am soon to be a first time landlord and am in search of documents such as leasing agreements, pre inspection paperwork, screening questionaires. Can anyone point me in the right direction for any of these?

January 1st was a very windy day. I got a call from the police department that there was a problem at a small mobile home park I manage. A shed from one of the rentals blew across the street and onto the neighbor's ca...

We are a 'Pet Friendly' LL in our properties, at lease those without carpets and that's the majority of them, but we do limit the type and size of PETS to 40lbs max and none that are on the Insurance 'watch list'. We ...

Here is a report out of Baylor University (yes, it's almost 10 years old) that has nearly 100 pages of court decisions regarding various aspects of LLC law. Remember that LLC law varies by state, but after endless di...

Sen. Robert M. Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys), introduced as SB 8 immediately after he was sworn in Dec. 1  According to the LA times, it would extend the state's sales & use tax to services. Healthcare and education serv...

I have heard a lot of people using LLCs and Partnerships as bussiness entities to maximise tax advantages and security 
my question is what are they, how to form them and what are the advantages?
another thing i wan...

I will be purchasing 5 rental properties from my older parents. They are all currently occupied by tenants and the rent they are charging now is well below the market value. We are working with an attorney and CPA to ...

I've got a question. We have been living in our apartment for 13 mths and our lease is up in a few weeks. We paid $300 non refundable pet deposit. When we moved in one of our two dogs was just 4 months old and not pot...