I have a potential deal in place to wholesale a property in NY. My attorney stated that end buyers use their own attorney's and that I would have to pay out of pocket for my attorney plus title search if the buyer doe...

I bought a house in Tacoma, Washington in February of 2006, the height of the housing bubble when I was 24 years old. Long story short, I lost my job in 2012 and had to stop paying the mortgage. I went 5 years witho...

When my tenant's 1 year lease expires, I gave that tenant the option to re-new it with another 1 year lease at a higher rent.But, the tenant wants to use part of their security deposit to pay for that rent increase. W...

I'm looking to get an idea of how much people are getting from the CHA for renting to section-8 voucher holders. I found the "payment standards" document on the website but those numbers look higher than what I've bee...

I thought I would share this experience as an example of how investment expectations can differ drastically from reality. Luckily the amounts involved here were relatively small, and it was more of an annoyance than a...

I am looking at some properties on the MLS in Denver right now, just trying to learn how to analyze in order to prepare for investing. I want to compare and contrast two of them specifically but I'm having a little tr...

Looking to buy rental condo. $184,000 property, 20% down, so finance 147,200.  Rate estimated to be 4.75% 30 yr fixed, taxes $2175/yr, insurance $600/yr, HOA dues $115/month.  Cost estimate would be about $1110/month....

Hi, We had to call VRBO for a bill that they are charging us and this is how I found out that VRBO charges 10% commission for any booking that was made outside their platform. They said that they have access to extern...

My mortgage rate is very high  and I would like to pay some of it off, so that my monthly payments would go down a bit, I dont know if it is financial smart to do it or not? any advice on paying mortgage off or faster 

how can a newbie find out when the RE will crash and how to come up with exit strategies?