Let me know if this is not enough information, I copied what i had seen on another post.  I am converting an owner occupied 3/1 to a rental.  I expect it to take 2 months to get my initial tenant.  I have a signed con...

I noticed a lot of my fellow landlords in my area are not requiring a deposit for section 8. What is the thinking behind that? Do these tenants treat your property better? Is it because section 8 people don't have cas...

I'm finally ready to post about some initial success after hundreds of hours of forum reading, podcasts, local RE meetups, etc.The deals:1) 75 x 95 lot in Paterson, NJ with a billboard.  The lot has never been develop...

It's a banner week for our fledgling development business. After  3.5 years we have permits for a 17 unit redevelopment project.We had hopes that we would break ground within a year of buying the property....that fell...

Hi everyone, I've recently joined this site and I'm starting to feel overwhelmed with all the information here. Right now, I live in TN but I want to move to San Diego this fall to start investing. Could I chat with s...

Hello!I am seeing if anyone knows of any good lenders to work with for a local bank in the California area . I am looking open a HELOC against my current home valued around 1.5m . I do not have a mortgage or anything ...

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One of my least favorite tasks is checking out prospective tenants. At the level I rent at, I don't have the luxury of just running their credit and looking at their FICO. With rare exceptions ( c...

I am new here, and have very little real estate knowledge.  I have been reading a little here and it sounds like a lot of people begin investing in real estate with duplexes - quadplexes, which makes sense and seems l...

Sorry, just have a huge weight on my heart about the rich dad real estate seminars that are going around the country. I love Robert but his training when it comes to actually any type of moving parts to put a real...

Picked up a four-plex for my first hold. It's pretty rough, C neighborhood at best. Two lower units wrecked, one vacant one occupied. Two upper units are perfect with great tenants.

So, tenants in unit 1 are selling...