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There's been a lot of discussion on the forums as it relates to differentiating bad debt from good. The most common view on BP is that any debt which does not produce investment returns is bad debt.I, for the most pa...
Is anyone able to do their own title search to see if there are any liens on a property or do you just contact a title company?
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I have a SF rental with tenants that have been there for about a year and a half. It is a very nice family who takes absolutely immaculate care of the property. The carpet still looks brand new! The problem is that it...
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We have a tenant occupied property in Detroit that is coming up on the end of the lease with the current tenant. The elderly tenant has been struggling health wise the last year and has been struggling to make her ren...
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My wife has expressed concern about allowing people who are applying for our properties to know our home address (to send applications when they need to be mailed). Even tenants who pay for rent know our address so t...
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Currently have a listed 4-plex for sale, 100% occupied. As a screening tool, I ask for proof of funds before we bother a tenant and show the property. To me, any liquidity qualifies: bank letters, bank statements, sto...
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now of course this is major media and all the slants that come with it.. just like media saying that folks are not going to buy houses and they prefer to rent..now you have the opposite LOL see article for your read...
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Thank you for opening my post.I was haphazardly dumping cash in San Diego rental properties since 2006.I don't call it investing, because I had no idea what I was doing. Fortunately, I got in on the upswing of 2012 -2...