Economic Update
(Monday, May 31, 2021)
The one place that's rip-roaring in our economy is the housing market. In fact, home prices are accelerating, as the Case-Shiller 20-City Index shows. Year-on-year gains rose ...

This is not a guide to how to prevent an eviction in coronavirus America. It is our story regarding a close call with some bad tenants. Our FIRST tenants actually. And here it goes!
This article outlines the experie...

Economic Update
(Monday, April 5, 2021)
Given the news from the labor, real estate, and manufacturing sectors, it's no surprise that “Consumer Confidence” in the U.S. has increased to the highest level since the b...

Does anyone have experience with the maintenance cost on a turn-key property bought through American Real Estate Investments? The spreadsheet they sent me for the portfolio of properties uses$312 in annual maintenance...

What a relief!  Have you ever had your expectations exceeded?  Well that just happened on my last project and I have an overwhelming sense of joy from it.  I just completed a live in rehab which I intend to rent our l...

I'm posting in RE Success Stories but I really only have the first part done.Like many others around here, I had a hard time choosing what path of RE investing to go down.  I ended up choosing the BRRRR strategy.My ne...

Will anyone share some of their best practices for the following?Showing a house - follow them around, let they look at their leisure, ask lots of questions, which questions to ask, hand outs with information on utili...

Hey everyone. First post asking for advice. =) Purchased a duplex for 90K on a land contract in August. About to close on it Friday the 26th and buy out the sellers mortgage with my own. His mortgage was 140, so I wil...

The water heater at my house just went out and now tenants are complaining about there being no hot water. It was almost 19 years old and has a water capacity of 50 gallons. The first hour water rating is 80 gallons. ...