I'm currently looking into a duplex in a c class neighbourhood to buy And hold. It's in good shape but could use some lipstick. It's 135k. I plan to put maybe 5k into small upgrades and rent it out. Here's the numbers...

I'm looking at this deal where the gas, electricity, and water is paid by the landlord. The rents are above market because of this. I was wondering when you are faced with this situation on a smaller multi-family p...

I am hoping that some of you may be able to help me avoid potential pitfalls when evaluating the possible flip of a home that has been sitting vacant for 2 years.  The property is in Austin, Texas, is in a nice neighb...

Hello, I have asked this question before, but after doing research I must disagree with the original poster. I spent almost $5K to have a plumbing company dig a hole in my yard and put a $6 boot on a cracked sewer li...

Previous tenant occupied the home for two years with no furnace problems. New tenant moved in two months ago. Last week they called to report the furnace wasn't running. I send someone to check it. Long story short, t...

My fiance and I are planning to spend the time between now and next spring saving money to buy a house.  Over the last several months I have been putting my extra cash toward paying down credit card debt to free up so...

Can anybody recommend accounting software besides QuickBooks? QB stopped being able to import credit card transactions from my bank so that was the last straw for me. Zoho looks promising. I have 6 property locations ...

TLDR:  "Great Deal" was a money pit ... an absolute nightmare.  Almost every problem you can think of happened.....So there I was, a seasoned real estate amateur.  I say amateur, because although I have had multiple S...

What is the Best Way to Handle Weekend Maintenance Calls?

Hey everyone! I have a single family home, built in 2009 new laminate floors installed in 2015. I have some tenants that moved in May of 2016 and the floors were perfectly fine. During the move out inspection the PM n...