I was skimming a real estate book about increasing value of your income property in the bookstore, and it mentioned how much of a difference changing the light on/off switch to a dimmer switch would be.Does it really ...

Has anyone had experience in adding a private entrance to an existing, below ground basement?  I'd like to convert the basement to an apartment for my aging father but concerned about the costs.  I am not finding much...

Deciding whether to invest an additional $5000 toward covering asbestos siding to decrease my insurance cost by about $400/ year. Assuming rates stay the same (or increase equally each year) it would take about 12 ye...

This house was a 2/1, but there is a sliding glass door in back, where owner put on a very small addition with a half bath. Floor appears to have a very slight slope, and roof shakes a little bit when you walk around ...

I am here after reading Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner.  A friend and I are eager to get started and I am looking for the best practices to get the ball rolling.  Currently located in Central Illinois/Chi...

View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.I am a new investor and need a little help looking at this deal. 4 mobile homes that cash...

Hey y'all. Newbie here. I've been soaking up all the info I can about REI over the last months and one thing I don't hear about often in mobile homes. What I've gathered is that they devalue much faster than normal ho...

I have recently ran into a ton of real estate agents that have foreign investors. One agent told me that he buys the properties, fixes them up, puts a tenant in place and then sells these to foreign investors. He told...

Pending an inspection, I think I just bought a rental property here in Greenville!  Wahoo! It is a bank foreclosure that was sold as is. I am trying to be unemotional because I trust the numbers I used, but this is on...

Has anyone ever leased a billboard or advertisement spot on a building before? If so, what was the best way to advertise that the billboard was for rent? What did you do to market it and determine rental rate?
Thanks!