Last year we tried something new. In early December, we sent both our tenants (we only had two units at the time) a Christmas card saying thank you and enclosing a $50 gift card. We did it mainly to say thank-you t...

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I for one believe we're not going to see a real estate crash anytime soon, and I firmly believe in the power of pessimistic thinking. But I'm also not wholly ignorant of all the aspects of this busin...

What would you do if you were 19 again? How would you invest?Where would you start?

A prenuptial agreement, or prenup, is a legal contract between two people who are about to get married. It outlines how the couple will handle their finances during and after the marriage, including:
Property and as...

I know a couple of older (70's and 80's) couples who had their wills updated and their attorney switched to trust and charged one $6k and another $10k. That sounds excessive to me.The last older couple I knew had a pr...

I was wondering if I could get some help. Found a 3 family property in Concord, NH. Just before we were going to put in an offer we were told there was a known lead issue from back in 1999. We now hesitate to put an o...

We have a 70 unit senior building that we have owned for the last 20 years. These are all low income and about 20 have section 8 assistance. Rents are low. I would have to say we have not done a great job managing the...

I've been interested in investing for a while now but I have also been a broke student for the past 3 years. Now I have graduated from law school, taken the bar exam, and realized that I don't want to work  9-5 for pa...

I will be moving to Dallas around May or June so I am trying to familiarize myself with the market there and scope out good areas suitable to househacking. I am trying to avoid getting too far out from the core or int...