I've been going back and forth on selling my SF 1 bedroom condo in a 1031 exchange for a duplex-like property in South LA.  I'd really love some thoughts from the BP community on this.  Let me give more details to giv...

Let me begin by stating I know deep down inside my dad is ridiculously proud of me and wants me to reach my dreams and potentials, but in light of a freak flood last summer that destroyed their home I can't h...

Tentant was late on rent (last month of lease) sent a 3 day notice to pay rent or vacate. I received a letter from her during that time (she moved out 8 days before the end of lease)  with the house keys, garage opene...

Excerpt from a post I made on the stock investing forum "The Motley Fool." The audience is stock investors who are equally passionate and successful in stocks as the BP community is in REI. Many of them think going al...

I have a property that I bought with owner financing. It is currently a laundromat that I also own. The property was recently re-zoned to R-4 with a Q condition that seems like it effectively makes it an R-3. Assuming...

I have a rental in a poor area that has only until recently been managed by a realtor who placed whomever they could find, in my rental.  One tenant  has not paid the rent since the first and has had her car taken awa...

I must say that I find the idea of purchasing Non-Performing Notes to be somewhat fascinating. With a degree in economics and a stint in commercial finance, the complexities of the moving parts attract my mind's inter...

I am trying to help a friend who is a landlord. My friend is owed 8k in rents, his tenants always pay late, pay half, or don’t pay at all. They’re very behind and over the last two years he is owed around 8k. They are...

After reading through these forums I've realized that the difference between how people approach real estate is Day and night. I'm in NY, more specifically NYC, and see advice given that is down right shocking on how ...

I am starting to research converting a detached garage on my California rental SFR into an ADU. Has anyone done this on a property they are renting out, and not one they live in? (Perhaps not, since I believe the owne...