Hi everyone!I own a rental home in Mableton, Georgia and I recently received a letter from my insurance company that said "foundation has cracking/missing foundation. Debris under screened porch" and that I have one m...

What would you choose - a 20% cash on cash return in a decent neighborhood or 35% cash on cash return in not the best neighborhood? Everything else being equal.

If you could also explain why you would choose one over...

So this is my dilemma: I have no money at all right now since I'm a full-time dental student living off of student loans, so at this time I'm in no rush to start investing. I'm just trying to learn everything I can...

Seems like prop 19 has passed in California. What's the best strategy with this new law, that will reassess rental property taxes to fair market value, if passed to your heirs. Since the law does not take into effect...

I have a commercial rental unit that I showed to, and have been in discussion with, a regional sales rep of a large corp who is needing some warehouse space. I am a small minnow in the ocean of commercial property and...

There is a bill proposed by Chris Ward district 78 called the California Housing Speculation Act that proposes charging a 25% additional tax (an income surtax) on the profit (above the regular tax collected on the pro...

I'm a newbie investor, with one SFH that I'm currently in the process of renting out. I've seen on BP and in a couple of books that some experts present themselves to tenants as the property manager, not the landlord....

From what I've read in the forums it seems that conventional wisdom here is it's best to hire only contractors & handymen that are insured. I adopted this perspective when I started as a landlord as I tend to trus...

I like some advice on a legal issue I've been dealing with for years. In '94, Dad met a real estate agent, loaned him 20K, they did a few deals that went OK, and then in '97, Dad borrowed another 20K out of our 4-uni...

I got a letter from Wisconsin Department of Professional Services Division of Legal Services & Compliance. They received a complaint from someone on my direct mail list of probate properties. My marketing lett...