I am renting a house to a tenant that keeps making improvements to the house. He put in a backsplash in the kitchen, put up larger fence doors, light fixtures and fans, etc. I keep telling  him to stop and he says don...

I bought a property two years ago in NC through a turnkey investment operation. They buy, rehab, and sell with tenant in place and then manage the property. Everything went well until September last year, when the ren...

Hi,Firstly I'd like to thank the whole BP community for making a place with such great resources for RE rookies and vets.But I have been wondering, has anyone gotten burned by another forum member? Obviously I wouldn'...

so, some people I attend church with told me last year they were investors. I shared I wanted the same , so they let me use their real estate book. Last week, they offered to wholesale to me my first deal. Question: d...

I'm bored to death sitting in Quito. That is in Ecuador, on a LONG flight delay. I just put a deal together to sell a foreign property I wasn't counting on and it should net a fair amount.     I've always tried to ...

Hi all,

Is it absolutely necessary to put 20% down on a investment property? I'm trying to buy a duplex in the suburbs of Philadelphia and was told I have to put 20% down

Thank you,

Gerry

Hi, I'm a newish landlord and could use some advice.I have a tenant moving out this month who has generally been a good tenant other than she is moving out a few months early (although our market is super hot so not a...

Howdy gang!I have a 100 year old house in NY.  After draining the hot water radiator system over the summer to replace a number of values, I was able to represurize the system without leaks.Once the heat started being...

I've inherited a few rentals with chronic late payers. They are all 10-20 days late. I always post the notice to pay or quit about 5 days in just in case they don't pay, but they always have.I'm sick of posting notice...

I am a total newbie in this forum so sorry if i'm writing about a subject that sounds like a broken record but i need some advice (and comfort!). My husband has been landlording for about 2 years and he recently asked...