I'm under contract for a ski-in/ski-out condo in Keystone Colorado.  I'm going to use the condo primarily as a STR property, but would like to maximize personal use without going over the 14 days/10% IRS rule.  I've r...

People say experience is the best teacher... well I've learned a hard lesson. I made the completely newbie mistake of paying up front, although it shouldn't have been upfront, the project got delayed so much it caught...

TLDR:  "Great Deal" was a money pit ... an absolute nightmare.  Almost every problem you can think of happened.....So there I was, a seasoned real estate amateur.  I say amateur, because although I have had multiple S...

Newbie investor here, apologize in advance for the long post.
I have a house rented for $2k/month for 3 years. It is a 3/2. We are currently in the third year of rent. I have not increased their rent (although I shou...

Hey guys,I've been self-managing for 5 or so years now but recently turned over the PM on a couple properties to a local property management in town. I'm so use to being involved in the day-to-day business of the prop...

We are new investors trying to put together our first deal and working with a real estate agent. Our agent found a distressed property, which was listed on the MLS, we thought it had potential and we made an offer. Ou...

There is a universal rule that you get a handyman from the last owner whenever you purchase a mobile home park. I have had a wide variety of outcomes but I want to give a few warnings from my experience.

1. Don't r...

Hello everyone,

I hope I'm posting this in the right forum. I have found a HUD home I'd like to purchase as a rental. It's a great price, great neighborhood, solid numbers (50/2) etc. Here's the problem:

The HUD di...

I wanted to share my experience with Rent to Retirement.
I bought my first turnkey in Indiana around October of 2022. It was rented out in January 2023. It was $50 less than expected but not a big deal.
I bought 2 m...

There was a really great BP podcast a while back where they interviewed an investor who had her renters trained so she wasn’t stuck unclogging toilets and things like that. I can’t remember which podcast that was, but...