**This is the intro to a possible multiyear diary. Sorry for the long first post, I wanted to give context. My goal is to update this every month when I update my personal balance sheet**So today is my 38th birthday. ...

Hi All! I'm new to being a landlord.  Used a realtor friend of my husbands and picked a tenant that came recommended by the realtor.  He did fill out an application provide all of the necessary paperwork and reference...

https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https...Had to share this link with all my fellow Chicago investors...especially since it seems like we've been hit with a fair share of negative news lately and it has bec...

Hi everyone,
My partner and I are just taking the first steps towards our real estate investment journey. We have our stable day jobs but we envision a different lifestyle that we currently have. For about 6 months w...

I've been building some tiny homes the size of a shed (using the footprint of a shed, so no permit), and so was wondering if I could rent these out to people, for rental income, and if so, what would be a fair price p...

To be honest, I'm not even sure if you can carry an annual warranty policy on rentals, but is this an avenue anyone utilizes?  The benefits would certainly be to stabilize fluctuations in maintenance costs and to stre...

New student renters graduating next year will pay upfront x13 mos' rent and water bill ($75.00/ mo). ( they will pay all utilities). Will reimburse water fee if they overpaid at lease' end. Anything else we need to be...

Hello to all. I wanted to know how you all specifically pre-screen sellers? How do you decide to make or not make an appointment to meet? What do you need to hear from them to know they are motivated? I would apprecia...

Hello everyone,

My wife and I are looks to get in to real estate investment within the next year or so. To date we have been Dave Ramsey fans and are totally debt free as of about two weeks ago. Yay! Now we are savin...