This is just a brief post to give some insight into the local maintenance costs in the Metro Detroit area.  Maintenance costs are a huge factor in the profitability, or not of any investment property.  A little backgr...

This is a single family home in Fort Lauderdale, I have been meaning to do something to the front yard for a while and so a few months ago I had some EXTRA free time I decided to put it to use. I'll share some bef...

I recently purchased a fixer upper that I will use as a vacation home. I won't be there in the winter and want to protect my water pipes. The plan is to remove the water meter each fall, blow out the pipes with an ...

Hi not sure if anyone has a guide or some suggestions from experience but I use credit cards a lot and they aren't doing that much for me right now. I would love to earn miles on purchases and other travel perks. I ha...

I got married a little over 2 weeks ago, and my Wife and I are planning a road trip/camping honeymoon throughout the Rocky Mountains, within the next month or so.I live in PA right now, but my dream has always been to...

Normally,  I get about 40-60 people over a couple of days when I market this house.  We joke that everyone in the area that is looking for a place calls when the house goes up for rent because it is year round and che...

I'm curious if anyone has opinions on whether it's better to use local people, like maybe a private investigator for tenant screening?? Or are the online services complete and trustable?

I bought my first SFR and h...

I am submitting an offer to get my first property. I am excited and really scared. I don't want to make any big mistakes and my realtor seems to be losing patience... Advice? 

Hey guys, I'm in Minnesota and my renters did not meet the credit score requirement so they agreed to pre-pay the last month's rent as assurance. They are coming up on a year of timely rent and have been great tenants...

looking to partner up with someone to invest in a house hack property ( or out of state non house hack) multi unit. Whats the most effective way to go about this? should i even look to partner up?I'm a novice in real ...