First of all -- I apologize if this is in the wrong section.

I recently purchased a house, hoping to rent out the rooms for a while, to kill two birds with one stone -- start on the path to being a RE investo...

What are your thoughts about how to screen out some high risk applicants you don't want??Specifically households with more than 4 people total?I have a 3 bedroom / 1 bath  SFH rental in Indiana in  a class D area (abo...

I rented a furnished home in Las Vegas, NV, to a fully screened tenant.  I used the standard Nevada Residential Lease Agreement from the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors. I had to add an addendum for the home...

I live in Texas and am working  on using the equity in my home to get a loan and construct a garage apartment to rent out and try my hand at land-lording. I understand that most banks like to use this formula: (Value ...

I found a property that meets the 1% rule for renting, and I wanted to take a look at the inside to estimate how much rehab needs to be done. The problem is that this is what it says in the listing:SHORT SALE!! tenant...

We're getting ready to open our first STR that is a cabin in the mountains by the river.  It has a hot tub on site, but it's currently drained.  It sits on a little patio in the yard, not under a roof.  This time of y...

I have a perspective tenant who looks good on paper. He's already revealed a past bankruptcy and explained how it came about (his employer was located in the WTC and when it went down, the business folded. He tried ...

Would it be a violation of Federal Housing Regulations to make a multifamily property a military only property (active duty, retired, and veterans only)? If so, what would be the difference in doing that vs. a college...

Hi all.Brief history:I've been a Realtor for over a year with the same company, however I became interested by first being a real estate investor.  I was the first agent with this RE company and joined because the own...