What's the best book specific to managing small multi-families?I've done a fair amount of research on single-families, but the cash-flow seems so much better with duplex-quads that I'm starting to consider it. What is...

Everyone has heard of the Federal Reserve "Stress Test" for large Wall Street banks, but many of the same principles apply to us as real estate investors. A stress test involves preparing for the rare "crisis," a once...

I have a property in Memphis, TN managed by a Property Manager. The last several months there have been one repair after another. I raised a red flag to the property manager due to these recurring expenses for fixing ...

Hi all, I'm a 26 year old Kansas City native currently living in Dallas. After graduating from school in 2011, I worked for two years in the real estate group at a bank in Chicago and now work for the commercial real ...

I'm new to real estate investing. I would like to know what comes first once I find potential properties after running my numbers? Should I find potential lenders before I attempt to make an offer or make the offer th...

My deal:"The owner of a 4/1 home is 2 years behind on his property tax and can't afford to pay it. I offered to write up a contract where I will pay the taxes owed and set up a payment plan with the owner. If he is in...

I have a tenant who is relocating to my area who is interested in renting my house.  I have met them and ran credit and background checks and all is good.   Trying to determine what options are available/legal for the...

I was recently tasked with finding an unheard-of market that could potentially attract brand-new STR investors. Surprisingly, this small town in Oklahoma had a lot of data that says yes. Is it near major feeder cities...

Hello fellow biggerpockets!I'm trying to figure out what I'm doing right and/or wrong after purchasing a new investment property.  Especially since I want to pickup another property really soon.  Details:- I have two ...

Every year I go through at least a couple evictions in my rentals. The costs of legal fees, loss of rent, cleaning and repairs, and costs of the rental inspection and MORE repairs are killing my ROI. Besides better te...