Here's the scenario:

I have an elderly in-law who owns a home free and clear. It's an older (1951), 3 bdrm, 1 bath, just over 1000sqft single family detached home in my area (Northern CA).

The problem is, a frien...

Hi all, I subscribed to this forum for some ideas on how to make this work.   In 1963, my father was killed in an accident and our farm passed to us, his kids, with undivided interest ownerships.  Our Mom had a life e...

Economic Update(Happy Martin Luther King Day)

Predictions for 2021? As 2020 has shown us, the world can throw so many curveballs at you that predictions can be about as useful as new year’s resolutions. In that s...

Those of you who invest in California or Pacific Coast that own property,  what are your thoughts on Earthquake insurance?   Do you have them for your properties?   Is it worth it?      If not, what will you do in an ...

I booked a rental at a Northern Michigan lake house recently, and now that I'm an expert, I naturally had much to critique. This was a 5 bed, 3 bath house right on the water, and more of a house-hacking STR vs. a prof...

Hi everybody and thanks for the great place to learn REI.

I have a 4-plex that is almost renovated and I'll be turning it over to a PM real soon. I had the idea to get a satellite TV account and connect 4 receivers ...

  I ordered a book lately on RE investing from Amazon, and the guru started out with the typical hype, selling the sizzle and not the steak.  You know, the whole, imagine yourself living the dream, not having to work,...

Brandon Turner

I have formed a DBA name after taking Brandon Turners advice (from previous articles.) The advice was not so much to form a DBA name, but to have a business name and just be the "property manager." Thi...

I bought a 3 family apartment about 5 months ago. When I purchased it the house the 2 townhouse units (2west and 2east) were vacant and I had a tenant on the first floor apt which is a 3 bd unit with a little over...

I just recently posted for a vacancy in one of my units. The most contacts I got was from Facebook but I don't think I got one tour from there. 90%+ would send the message and never reply back to me. Sometimes I had t...