I live in a smaller city where over the last few months the signs have had a long life, 2-3 weeks.  Typically there aren't many real estate signs around, but recently I've noticed a few other real estate signs out.  I...

According to my observation, for whatever reasons, the mortar between tiles was not used the right mixture installed …. in between the tiles, there is some mortar and sand above the connection between the tiles.
It ca...

I recently posted about a significant wind storm in October causing damage to one my tenants car (windshield and body) when branches from the tree in my driveway fell onto their SUV. This was a significant wind storm,...

I purchased a new faucet for the kitchen sink yesterday. But I the nut that holds in the old faucet is severely rusted/corroded. After spending six hours on a precious Sunday with no luck, I'm asking the brilliant min...

I hate surprises.I have always been told, get to 80% loan to value and you can remove your PMI. I'm there.I call my mortgage servicer and say I'd like to remove my PMI and they say nope! Got to be at 75% LTV! What!? I...

I'm doing a walkthrough inspection of my rental property this week. My property manager and the Tenant will be there, as will be his 3 kids.

What kinds of things should I be looking for during this kind of inspection...

There's a house on my street that has had a tree lying on the roof since a storm on 05/25/2015. The owner/occupant had their satellite dish back on the roof the next day, but the tree remains. I know the neighbors beh...

Cleveland Water is now billing clients monthly versus quarterly. Is this our opportunity to opt out of paying these bills? I'm talking about low income housing. Are any Cleveland Investors making tenants pay ALL utili...

After spending all of last spring and summer working diligently on my latest flip, I got it on the market in the middle of October, just in time for a cooling buyer pool. We got a buyer after a couple weeks and then t...

I have been reading through some articles on this site. I'm currently looking for my first house to flip. I am just starting out and have a very low budget to make an offer. There is a house that I was interested i...