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I am helping out elderly relatives, whom I live with and take care of two apartment complexes they own in Oregon. We have been having trouble with a tenant for the past year and finally decided to just evict him a...
Hi everyone, I am a veteran and would love to use my VA Loan to buy a multi-tenant dwelling unit in Texas, keeping one of the units as my own for when I am in town and renting the other ones out. I currently rent my p...
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Hello BP!I am chasing an off-market deal, but have run into a snag. As the property sits, it is a purpose-built duplex (separately metered) built in 2004. It also has a large detatched garage with a second floor 1BR u...
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Hi BP,I am planning to purchase my first property to rent. I want to start with a simple deal first so I decided to purchase an apartment which could be easy to manage. Let me start with some facts before having quest...
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Hello my name is Kim Smith, I live in Spokane Wa, where I work as a substitute Secretary, Educational Assistant, and Teacher. My husband and I recently decided to become real estate investors. My background in Real Es...
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This is a very basic question so I apologize in advance:I racked up a LOT of meal / entertainment receipts for being an agent / Property manager. Am I trying to use them to evade taxes and deduct my day to day meal e...
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Hello everyone,I came across a small home in my local mls listing and at first I though i misread the description but I called to confirm and the listing is a ONE bedroom home. In all honesty, I've skipped the listin...
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Hi Everyone,I currently use buildium as the software for my property management division in my company.I have been thinking about making a switch to a different software called Appfolio.I wanted to know if anyone has ...
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There is so much chatter about how the market is improving (case-shilling up, consumer confidence up, etc...). I think for Florida and many other area's, it's only half time.
If this article (http://www.dsnews.com/ar...
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Hi, My name is Charlie Cline, I am in Bakersfield Ca, and am trying to get my feet wet in the investing thing. I have had a strong interest in real-estate as a career for a very long time, but have never had the reso...