I was all set to make an offer on a 8 unit(4 modular duplexes) last Monday 'til I found out there was a sex offender in one of the units Sunday night.  I looked up his court case and found out it was for 4-5 years of ...

Hello everyone,My name is Ray -- I currently am located in Kent, WA just outside of Seattle working in the tech and aerospace field. I'm originally from Everett, WA and enjoy learning and trying new things like real e...

This is a continuation of my last thread with more detial. I'm a relatively new rehabber in central Kentucky and so far I've had a fair amount of success flipping REOs from the MLS.Today I took a look at a 4/2.5 SFR c...

I have been cleaning house a bit lately.  Getting rid of some bad tenants even though they do pay rent and take pretty good care of the units.  Most of the problems are reported by other residents, noise, smoking, smo...

My husband and I are currently rehabbing a duplex in an up and coming neighborhood of Columbus, OH.  The plan is to househack for a year or two (live in one side, rent out the other).  We've finished renovating our si...

I have been using a guy as a handyman for about a year now. He does great work...timely and I can always trust it is done right.

I recommended this guy to another person. He did good work there too. A few day...

Four years ago my wife and I took the plunge into real estate by househacking in the most dangerous city in America, and no @Joshua Dorkin it’s not Detroit. At the time we knew absolutely nothing about real estate an...

We run background and credit checks on our tenants. The first tenants that applied for a place we have for rent were section 8. We have developed a policy that we do not accept tenants:- with misdemeanors less than 8 ...

I’ve read previous posts on this topic but am curious if the sentiment has changed over the years.  I am not a new landlord but the homes that I have rented in past were homes that I didn’t currently live in.  The hom...

Good evening everyone, I hope everyone is having a great holiday season. When it comes to economies of scale I have always been interested in the multi family space of real estate, but like most I have only had experi...