I am putting my 3/2 sfr up for sale in a few days. It has a brand new stainless steel sink and faucet, a newer dw, a used smooth top stove, and no fridge. Will it sell better, faster, higher, with a fridge? The one I'...

Hello. I'm reading this very interesting book entitled Section 8 Bible Volume 1 by Michael McLean. In this book, Mr. McLean talks about something called preventive maintenance. His philosophy with section 8 landlordin...

When approving new tenants I do my best to screen out people who will not take good care of my property, in addition to screening for income, etc. My single-family home properties are not high-end but neither are t...

The lender on my current short sale in dallas said top of this week to get title to send the preliminary hud for the price I offered. So I was thinking it was a go. Plus last week the lender said typically what they d...

Here are the details:

4plex
Currently no tenants
Foreclosed
Asking $99,800
Offering $100,121.00
Potential Rent $400/unit
Closing Costs incl Downpayment $30,450.98
Loan Amount $75,090.75
APR 5....

I've read tons of articles on the 'net about doing test vs control mailings. I've taken my list parameters and expanded them as wide as I'm interested in going and that gets me just a hair over 6000 addresses I can d...

Hello BP!  I own/manage real estate in San Diego, California.  I have a condo where my lease agreement clearly states no smoking.  I went into the unit twice in the past couple weeks for showings and both times it had...

I'm new to the business but have been interested in Real Estate since my uncle gave me rich dad poor dad and the richest man in Babylon almost 20 years ago.  Anyway,  I was in sales for 3 years between Army stints.  I...

Hello BP!

I'm in the process of trying to get out of analysis paralysis and actually jump in to some house flipping. Unfortunately homes in the DC area are ridiculously priced unless you invest in "at risk" n...

Is Southern California a bad place to invest right now? Should investors buy out of state for cash flow or stay in California and hope for appreciation?