Happy new year, folks! I'm a guy approaching middle-age, living in Chicago. For several reasons (property taxes, politics), I would prefer to begin real estate investing somewhere other than locally. Currently, my int...

I am a buy and hold investor focused in DFW area. I look for SFHs generally meeting these criteria: (1) great school district (Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Rockwall etc), (2) low tax rate 2-2.2%, (3) No HOA. I know the va...

I recently contracted a landscaping company to do a complete overhaul at my rental. Today, the tenant contacts me unhappy that they were using Round-Up as it contains glyphosate. Trying to reassure her, I sent her lin...

This is in Missouri.  One of my tenants stopped paying rent in October.  He then called me in mid-November and said he had moved back home with his parents, and he would no longer need to rent the unit.  His lease run...

Economic Update
(Monday, June 7, 2021)
Is Los Angeles a City-State? I ask this question because no one seems to know what Los Angeles is, exactly: city of angels, revenge city, or something else. In 1925, Aldous Hu...

Economic Update(Monday, February 8, 2021)
Have you ever wondered who originally handed out area codes? For example, why did Vermont get 802 and Southern California 213? Listen closely because the a...

I’ve read a few articles reporting that the idea of Rent Strike(s) is gaining momentum. Apparently, advocates have moved past a request seeking deferred payments, or other options, to simply demanding that rent be wai...

I want to get started in mobile home park ownership. I have read several books on mobile home park investments. I wanted to ask someone that's been in the mobile home park business some questions. I would like to know...

single family home, so only one water meter, in Cleveland Ohio, new at renting- was planning on having tenant pay all utilities including water/sewer- if I keep the water/sewer in LL name- can I have the tenants still...

A STR newbie here. Had a long term rental but now wanted to try out the short term rental. Any recommendation for agent in pensacola area?