I'm brand new to the world of real estate investing. I'm still just in the "educating myself" stage. I will be networking and attending REI's soon and although I realize business cards are not required, a lot of the g...

Hi All:I am putting my team together in Portland metro area (Oregon), please let me know if you have a great referral, greatly appreciated. Please let me know if I am missing an area.1) General contractor 2) Electrici...

I called an attorney yesterday to get some information about closing cost and in the process I asked about the transfer tax if I buy the property in my name and then move it to the LLC. He said I shouldn't be putting...

Hi all,My tenant has asked me about putting a utility trailer in the backyard.  My property is a single family house hack with a huge backyard where these tenants live in the upstairs part of the house and I live in t...

What do you put in your lease now that you have been a landlord for some time? I am always adding something to it, live and learn!
The most recent lease I added: Tenant must maintain lawn and outside of property...inc...

Long story short, neighbors yard is lower than mine and he has been complaining about standing water after torrential downpours. County came out twice and said its not my problem; he has too much pavement and too m...

Ok. Hypothetical. You have $10,000,000 to deploy. You have to deploy it right away or you lose the money. What would you put it into? (it should all go in one asset type and class). My hope is that this helps people s...

Today starts the second part of my income earning career. After nearly 2 decades of corporate america, I put in my 2week notice and am going full time on investing. I feel great. This website has impart made it po...

Hello all,I'm under contract for a duplex in Chicago right now and I was wondering if I should put the property into an LLC at closing or hold it personally for a while. The plan is to refinance the property in the fu...

I put in the wrong service date off by 1 year for placed in service for one of my properties.  The depreciated value was off by 37 dollars. This was on the federal form and I can fix this on the state form , but woudl...