Looking for guideance.    A section 8 tenant presented herself last month.  She was a 50's disabled woman whose's application listed a  service animal and an aide.   She claimed that her landlord did not maintain the ...

Hi Everyone,I've been meaning to write this for a bit. One of my goals for 2023 is to meet more fellow investors and professionals in Central and Eastern MA. Looks like this is a pretty active forum with great content...

Hello! I am a brand new investor with little to no real estate experience. My wife and I are moving back to Birmingham this summer, and I am planning to invest in real estate when we do. In your opinion, what is the b...

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I'm relatively new to the landlording business. Bought my 1st two units about 18 months ago and inherited tenants that are actually pretty good.

This is my first time screening tenants to fill a vacancy (3 br/...

I just purchased a 21 unit apartment complex with a lot of problems. I started cleaning it up - 3 unit evicted in the first month and two more in the way - all of them professional tenants. But this month I got a new ...

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It has been an exciting year but also a painful one. I finally bought my first investment property and put a some funds into to create a granny flat studio. Unforeseen because mostly lack of experience and it’s...

In the Tenant Screening: Ultimate Guide it's recommended that the tenants income is at least 3X the rent. Those of you who follow that rule and rent to Sec. 8, how do you handle the income to rent ratio seeing as t...

Hi BiggerPocket Members!I have just about completed my classes to get my Real Estate License in Colorado and am on the hunt for a brokerage to hang my license with, and would appreciate some advice and see if anyone h...

What the actual heck is going on in some underwriting departments? Does anyone know why a lender, who initial told us we could pull $159,000, then countered with $99,999, then countered again with $20,000 would do thi...

Recently found a home in a nice neighborhood that appears to be abandoned with nuisance notices on the door. After a lot of digging, found an ongoing case through casenet between the owner of the property and a debt c...