Hello team.  Total newbie here....been renting my entire life and finally (at 33 yrs old) realizing that my military Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) could be building equity and become a rental property instead of b...

I have entered a knowledge-consumption stage, and due to there only being so many hours in the day, I must be efficient with my time. I have read perhaps a dozen RE books, with each of them saying more or less the ...

In an effort to share my story and offer some encouragement, I wanted to share my story from the beginning with a look back at where and how I first became interested in real estate.  I will give a brief description o...

Bought this property a few months back. Got it at a good price in a B area, Parma OH and put some additional capital to fix it up. Just general updating and making it more homey. (I still ask myself why though, tenant...

I dont like renting to people that just recieve social service checks as income for 2 reasons.

1. If you dont work for it you dont take care of it.

2. You cant not garnish social service income.

Hello,I'm looking for some input on how to resolve issues I found during a rental inspection yesterday.I performed an inspection of a house that has been rented for 6 months. Lease is 1 year term. The tenants are a wo...

Hello! First off, thank you for contributing to this incredible corner of the interweb.  Amazing to see sincere dedication to helping others in such a competitive field.  I have gained so much from lurking, time to ge...

with the help of this forum and several books i have been reading in the past couple weeks i have decided that in the near future i am going to buy my first rental property.
my plan is to buy a relati...

Hello All. I'm an avid listener of the BiggerPockets podcast and figure I've been missing chances for good insight on the forums too, so here goes one of my first posts!My partner and I are getting pre-approved for a ...

Hi guys, I’m new here and I hope so much you'll be able to help me.

I got a rental house recently (paid $180K) and hired a property manager, let’s name her K., to manage it. K. runs a small property management compan...