I'm a new landlord and not quite sure what to do in this situation, so any advice is greatly appreciated. My tenant asked me today if I would replace the oven (gas stovetop) because it has a lot of tiny grease stains ...

Hi,
I’m currently living in Orange County, CA and would like to work with a real estate CPA to do my taxes and optimize/evaluate my tax returns from previous year.

I’ve always done taxes by myself using TurboTax in...

I hear this ALOT...
"I had a great PM company, paid them $X but they are gone, had to fire them. They were great in the beginning and then..."

What makes them great at the beginning?
What are the biggest let downs?

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It is my belief that in the next few years a nationwide multipurpose real estate website will evolve to become a major player in real estate sales. At first augmenting, but eventually displacing local Multiple List...

So... I've got this apartment building under contract. I've advertised it to the two local REIA groups we have here and I have it posted on Craigslist. I've called several people in my network to let them know. I'v...

Went to the building dept in my town today, I have some electrical work that needs to be completed in order to get a clean certificate of occupancy, anyway they said that i needed a licensed electrician to do all of ...

All of our rental agreements are month to month. To incentivize people to stay longer, we charge a move in fee that can be added forwards the refundable deposit if they stay over a year. Example: rent is $1000, move i...

With our old contractor, years ago, we'd walk through a property right before we placed the bid, so we could see if my calculations for the renovation were on spot. He'd give me ideas, show me ways we could avoid/...

Here is the scenario. I have a home that I’ve owned for 6 years. It’s worth about $380k and I owe about $240k. I want to strip out as much equity as possible. Today a wild idea occurred to me and I want to consult the...

I attended the 3day FB seminar in Houston. I thought it was really good! I am considering doing the mastery program. Has anyone been through the program? If so, is it worth the 25k?