This happened to me a few months ago. I hope you can learn from my mistakes and experiences.  My last eviction taught me its easier to work with a problem tenant getting them out versus forcing them out with their fee...

I’m a newbie landlord in Cal and have already served the 3 day notice twice with my very first tenant, I’m still in the early stage of this painful eviction process.Tenant claimed heater broke down the second day afte...

Hey BP! not having much luck getting responses in the forums, but I'll keep trying. I have been thinking about the worse case or "nightmare" tenant situation. This of course involving extensive amounts of purposeful d...

I have potentially found a property that the numbers work well. It is a wholesaled property. If you are buying from a wholesaler what is your due diligence phase before you write a big check to a wholesaler? Would yo...

I started searching the web in regard to "foreclosure" information. I've been curious about this, because my husband and I were put on a "re-payment" plan last year in 2007 to get our mortgage payment current. At this...

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THIS DISCUSSION IS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW NOT TO DO BUSINESS. I HAVE KEPT THIS ON THE SITE BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR NEWBIES TO READ AND LEARN FROM.

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I need help analyzing a deal and finding hidden costs that might come up on a potential deal. Here's the background:-House in pre-foreclosure, $42k past due, $300k remaining on loan, auction on November 22nd, house is...

We just bought a condo for rent a few months ago and has been constantly harassed by the president of the condo association. We received three fines, one of which was not even notified. We found out the third fine on ...

I have my first property. I’m going to put it online “for rent” this week. Any advice on questions I should ask potential tenants?

House is a duplex. Renting out 1st floor while I live upstairs. Got a notice of violation saying - "alleged illegal apartment, need to inspect premise". Dont see actual violation code on the notice. Not sure how inspe...