Today's the day... While the deal may be small, this is a big day for me. I have been reading REI for years and studying the local market. After getting in a more stable financial position (and with bank pre-approval ...

For my savvy Real Estate investors out there who have attended the school of hard knocks.  What Real Estate Cliches have you found to be true, useful, or completely false. Here are my top 3 True Cliches:1. Risk comes ...

I've got a few here and I'm feeling really stupid asking them!

1. We buy using an option contract. Haven't closed a deal yet, but are getting close. we haven't had any complaints from the banks about using an op...

Ok, now I'm freaked out. I was just about to post my ad on Craigslist to hire a sign poster for our bandit signs (already ordered) and I thought I would look up the sign ordinances in our area to double check wha...

Have any ideas of what I can provide residents of a large class C apt community? I'd like to give them something nice and unexpected. Some parameters I'd like to stay within: - no rent concessions- ideally very inexpe...

I need advice or someone to talk me off the edge of the cliff. My tenant had been one month behind in rent since August of 2014.  I realize this is my fault for renting with a heart instead of a business purpose and ...

I just received a quote from my AC company, these are the two options we received:
Option #1: For a 2-stage Rheem heat pump system the total price will be $8,340.00.
Option #2: For a single stage Tempstar heat pump ...

I owned a rental property in Adelanto, CA. Monthly rental income raised to $1000, $600 security deposit. This tenant leased for 6 years and just moved out last week. So my PM done the inspection there. Found out I hav...

There are many different types of landlords out there and they all have different personalities, perspectives and methods.  If this is the case, each landlord has a different way of training their tenants.  I'm not a ...

Hi AllTenants lost power throughout the house. Electrician was called to investigate the problem. He said there was a power surge and got the lights working. The furnace quit working. My furnace guy said that the fur...