I read Aftershock, the latest edition, by the brothers Wiedemer. It was fairly dark, much about our economy being a multi-bubble economy, the weakness in housing for various reasons (including the 50% or so cash tr...

My property manager is saying an eviction will cost ~$1000 for a lawyer.  Shouldn't the property manager handle the eviction process themself, otherwise, what am I really paying them for?  Tenant paid last month ~ 20 ...

I am renting my house for the first time and held an open house today. I received a very positive response with 7 applicants which is slightly overwhelming to say the least.  I have it narrowed down to three but am in...

We are all familiar with issues related to service animals (specially trained and certified dogs) and assistance animals (such as emotional support animals of any species or breeds).This post suggests a compromise res...

Finally after a week of having my property on a market i have 2 application and i can't see to pick one. Also, this is my first rental ever so wish me luck. So here is the scoop: the rent amount is $1275. 2.5 time the...

Hi all,

I'm purchasing my first property (Milwaukee) and asked my mortgage broker (Chemical Bank) about transferring the deed after the loan is secured. He said I can't do that. And that I'll need commercial lendin...

I'm curious to know if it is possible to use a 1031 Exchange to go from a non-owner occupied multi-family to an owner occupied multi-family. Are there rules prohibiting that?

Hi all, I had some tenants move in last month to a 3/2 SFR (I just closed on the property a month prior) and I really like them a lot. Good people. Anyways, the first day in, we realized the hot water heater needed re...

Cohoes, New York:  My tenant (and her co-signer) owes me 10k in backpay for rent. Her lease is up at the end of November. (This month) Our property manager said that the tenant's attorney wants me to renew our lease f...