I recently met with a financial advisor who wants to win my business.  The conversation was on the whole very good as there were some things that I hadn't considered that my wife and I need to tend to in order to shor...

Hi,Looking at a fixer upper needing everything (let's assume), what areas could be best done by the owner?  My personal opinion is that a lot of the demo could be done by the homeowner, as well as anything else that's...

Hi all, I'm starting to look at designs for a new build in a small college town, but with a reasonably large student body that drives a lot of traffic in/out of town throughout the year. My family has been in student ...

My tenants have been in the unit for 4 years and they're moving out soon. The walls were professionally freshly painted before they moved in and now they're thrashed. Every single inch (or it feels like that) of the w...

Hey folks, I enjoy designing functional spaces in my flips, taking advantage of the square feet, creating the most usable environment possible. On my current flip I have knocked out a bathroom, and bedroom wall separa...

Hey guys and girls, 
I am looking to start house hacking soon and plan on renting some of my extra rooms out to friends. That being said, should I get them to sign a lease or not? It will probably be on a MTM basis s...

I recently purchased a rental property.  It is a four unit apartment building.  There are only two electric meters, one of which covers three units and the other covers a single unit.  There are three gas meters.  One...

Hi All,
I wanted to reach out to this amazing community for guidance on my first property.
What is stopping me from getting started and finding my first property is my indecisiveness in the strategy I want to utiliz...

I am naturally an anxious person and worry/plan out A LOT of things, trying to be prepared for surprises.  I know that investing and, real estate in particular, is full of the unknown, especially for a newbie.  I defi...