I am renting my place out by the room, month to month. How low of a credit score should I accept? If the score is low and the person is young w student loans, are there other steps I can or should take to verify that ...

We really want this 3 unit property in a nice area. Heres the challenge: Presently 2 oil tanks there. One burner is gas, the other oil burner.  2 units are on 1 gas and 1 electric meter.  Cost for the  conversion from...

Hello, I'm new to the forum and just spent quite a bit of time searching without luck for a software package for real estate investments. I would like to have a financial management package for rental property and for...

First deal went great! Purchase price- $54,290Repairs/Expenses- $6,550Appraisal- $109,300Expected rents- $950I won an online auction for the property in January and up to this point everything has went well!Yesterday ...

My rental property is in Riverside county which is hot 6 months out of the year. Previous to renting it was just me and my wife and we did not use the air conditioning much. We have 2 tenants right now and 2 more move...

So I have my first new tenant moving into my newly acquired triplex tomorrow (Westminster Maryland). I was looking through my folder of papers that I have for them to sign and started thinking about what forms other l...

Hello everyone,Im Joshua Garcia. My current profession is a Cable Splicer. I work for the local electrical utility company in the houston area. I recently stumbled across the bigger pockets website while searching "ho...

Is investing in a duplex unit that has oil heat on one side and forced air on the other side a good idea? Is oil heat too much of a hassle.  Anyone have any experiences with oil heat and their tenants? 

Has anyone ever used delinquent utility customer lists to target willing sellers?Is this public information?Can I simply reach out to my local municipalities for this information?

We have a current remodel underway for a property we'd acquired on south side of Chicago (suburb). Long story short, received an electrical bill for $232 for month of July. (acquired in June, and bill was $40). Contra...