Hello all,A pine tree branch broke off and fell on the tenant trampoline in the back yard.  The tree belongs to the house.  It damaged the trampoline and the tenant is asking me to pay for a replacement.   I offered t...

Hello everyone. I am currently presenting a situation I had not come across before and I can use some help from your wisdom and experience. My family owns a rental property in a B class neighborhood in San Diego (Whic...

New to being a landlord here.  So I am in the process of evaluating an application from 2 sisters who will be on the lease and living together.  One of them has good credit (730) and good income (4x rent), but the oth...

hey everybody,I have had the same tenet for one year with a new lease coming up May 1st. He is thinking about getting a puppy for his family.  Which is better a one time pet deposit or add on to the monthly rent for a...

I just read "Walking the Tightrope between Debt and Leverage" by @Anthony Gayden where he talks about an impressive dig out from crushing debt. What I found interesting was that when he married his wife, she brought $...

Hi Folks, 
I'm not selling anything but am sharing my thoughts on the weight of real estate (aka responsibility). I'd love to hear your thoughts on my comments. 
"Have you ever considered the weight (aka responsibil...

I found some properties I am on the brink of investing in, in the state of Florida. My question, is it better to register my LLC there or another state that would better protect my assets. In the near future I also wi...

Few expect a real estate deal to be a simple and uncomplicated matter. While real estate doesn’t have to be rocket science, neither is it necessarily true that even an experienced investor can take ownership of a piec...

I just finished running the numbers on a duplex I'm looking at.  My idea is that I want to purchase the property with an FHA loan (3.5% down), fix it up, and then live in one unit while renting the second unit.  Once ...

I recently found a few per-foreclosures in my area. I was wondering if "yellow letters" are a waste of time or if any of you have had success sending them out to people. If you have been successful could you tell...