I recently closed on a duplex and one of the current tenants has a dog.  They paid the previous owner a non refundable pet fee.  I am wondering if I should charge another pet fee for myself as well!  Also they have pr...

I have found a REO property that I am looking at purchasing. I have an investor lined up and we both agree that making an offer is the next move. I have approached a real estate agent to submit our contingent offer on...

I hate dealing with Fannie Mae.

I have this FNMA property under contract to close on May 2. There is a separate thread on that HERE, but I think this is a different issue and I need some advice on how to mov...

I sort of began this in another forum, but didn't find the category about new builds until later and felt it really belonged here. As they say, "A picture is worth a thousand words." I will be posting pictures as the ...

Hello all,I see a lot of questions here on BP forums about rentals in Philadelphia and landlord-tenant rules. I put a list of links together for new investors to use and see what you need to rent a property in Philade...

Found this site looking for a JD or CPA (or JD/CPA) to answer one question.  Sole manager for these (small, < 2.5M in investor funds max) syndications has been convinced by his CPA that the only IRS-compliant metho...

I’m planning on buying a house (under contract now) doing the major repairs and renting it out to a coworker who will be accepting the house in livable condition but who wants to paint interior (which it needs despera...

http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/jul/06/local/chi-landlord-dead-6jul06

This property is in the north end of Wisconsin. I used to live in this duplex and I moved out to convert it to 100% rental and refinanced. Other topics I have researched about changing the basis include "you don't tra...

just curious to hnow on your 1st flip how much cash of your owns did u need ,how often did you go to the property ,also were u working a job or what?