A note: I own the home, live upstairs, and rent the lower apartment.

I hired a contractor to replace some windows, and and repair the damaged frames.   I gave my tenant a 30 day heads up on the repairs, I then gave...

I have been working with this real estate agent for about a month now looking for my first rental property in the area; a year ago he sold me my primary residence. It seems like every time I send him a list of homes ...

Hi! I'm a newish wholesaler (I've completed a couple deals) in the Sacramento area, and I frequently run across houses that are too nice (and expensive) for the typical flipper on my buyers list. I'd like to figure ou...

So, I've made a mistake that is very frustrating and I want to warn other investors.  I hired one of my tenants to do some work for me on a fence.  He currently does handyman work for one of the big RE companies in to...

Once more, seeking wisdom on BP.I have a potential tenant who has great credit and all looks well, however, he is a smoker.I realize that I can’t control everything, and to each his own, and he didn’t have to be hones...

Hi everyone, I'm Kim.  I finally decided to stop lurking and to introduce myself.  I'm an engineer by trade currently living and working in Ventura County, CA.  I've been in the area for about four years and have real...

Good Afternoon,I have received my first call from my first absentee owner DMM campaign.  However, the owner of this particular property owns it with her 2 siblings.  She said there is a tenant in the  home and just wa...

I have 2 triplexes near Boston that I self-manage. I've put in a lot of money into renovations mainly because initially it was non-stop repair calls. I now have new bathrooms, new boilers, new water tanks and yet I st...

Hey guys. I haven't done any pre-foreclosure deals before, and just landed a lead from a friend of mine. His cousin is way behind on the bills and needs to get out of his house before it goes to foreclosure.

He is ...

I'm currently learning about the Weighted Cost of Capital (WACC). From what I understand, it is a formula used to determine the true cost (in percentage terms) of financing an investment when using both debt and equit...