Hi Newbie HereConsidering purchasing a 3br 2 bath  (1136 sq feet) to rent in the Texas area (rural area near Beaumont, TX)Price = $59900Down Payment = 10% (through finance company listing it for sale)Interest rate = 6...

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We purchased our first property with oil heat and it's not a good candidate for a conversion. I am looking for some advice on how other landlords handle oil heat with their tenants. This is a single family ...

Hi All!Just a quick introduction and question.I am a relatively new real estate investor who just moved to Birmingham AL. I rented out the house I moved from in Gainesville Florida and I bought a turnkey property in C...

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I have a question that I’m having a tough time answering and figured I’d ask you wonderful people so I could get out of my own way.

So I’ve currently live in a hot market (Austin, TX) and have been tr...

I recently looked at a home that I'm doing numbers on. The only problem is, how do I estimate pest control into my repair costs unless I get an inspection done? Is there any other way to estimate it now or should I ...

Recently a tenant moved out of my most expensive rental---a 4 bed, 3.5 bath, fully fitted out basement with 9' ceiling that is a walk out, 5 year old "Builders Model Home" which is now a rental for me at $2,500 a m...

NYC's Human Resource Administration (Public Assistance)  has a program called S.O.T.A (Special One Time Assistance) specifically for employed people whom live in NYC shelter system. (Most of the people fell upon hard ...

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I ended up with a nightmare tenant, despite screenings. She consistently paid rent late, had an illegal guest for the better part of several weeks, damaged the property, disturbed the neighborhood a...

I’ve been looking at houses all over Phoenix for the past year and based off of sites such as rentometer, Craigslist and Zillow, houses between $200K - $350K seem to fall well below the 1% rule.  Whenever I do most of...