I joined this forum about a week ago but I don't think I've introduced myself.
I'm "long in tooth" but still have a lot of desire to build a signficant real estate investment portfolio. I have enjoyed visiting this f...

I'm building a list of free and open source tools to help a group of friends sell their houses and am looking for input from others who also do this.SugarCRM (big fan of this -- not the easiest to use for newcomers, b...

Private Mortgage/Hard Money Lenders are under attack in Florida!! Pending legislation may hurt hundreds of Private Lenders in Florida and across the country. SB1730 is currently seeking to redefine what a “mortgage l...

I am considering buying a house in my home state (which is Pennsylvania) living in it for about a year and upgrading it (not sure how much the upgrade is going to be, I don’t even have the house yet! But it will proba...

Hi All, First post here. I'm based in Torrance, just bought a triplex in Hawthorne (3x3bd2ba). I'm interested in submetering the water as I'm not keen on paying for others' wasteful ways. I'm inclined to think most te...

Any landlords out there used this cozy.co site to collect rent? Free service, seems great, best part is they set up direct deposit from your tenants account to yours so rent is always on time. 

The latest attack on good landlords proposed in the New York Legislature:Forcing Rent ControlProposed bill would prevent a landlord from evicting a tenant for non-payment of rent if their rent rose by the greater of 3...

Looking for any ideas to search for my dilemma with an investment property.  Thanks in advance!
I have an investment property in Detroit purchased last March. I had an uncle and his nephew as tenants for a total of ...

When investing in a private real estate offering, one signs a subscription agreement.  This document was countersigned by the investment opportunity provider (the LLC) and did get a receipt of funds provided.  What ar...

Happy New Year and decade, fellow pocket mates. ( depending on whether you think this is the first or last year of a decade)
the first time in twenty years we can refer to the decade clearly rather than tiptoeing ar...