This isn't meant to be a long post but I have a lot of first time investors and house hackers or just investors that are new to Chicago that ask about charging a security deposit and my answer to them is NEVER charge ...

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I am planning to close on my first rental property tomorrow in North Charleston, SC.  I purchased the property with 5% down.  It is actually two homes on the same lot that I plan to separate with a fence.  ...

Hi All,A few questions here.1. Have anyone self-originated a promissory note (pledging their properties as first lien with a mortgage note) before? What I mean is, instead of finding banks, FHA, commercial loans or Ha...

i went into contract on a short sale property in Essex County NJ.
everything looked fine until we found out that there is a second note on the property originated by BOA 
We have reached out to Bank of America to in...

Hi all - I know this topic has been hit on a few times but I wanted to ask my question in a very specific manner to get collective expert feedback.  I understand I should consult my CPA, and I will.  They are, however...

I have renters in one of my houses that have been jacking me around on paying the rent for the last 3 months. Well, November is still not paid and I talked with them and they keep giving me the "we'll have it next we...

I use a property manager for an out of state rental property.  Last year we kept most of a security deposit for repairs after the tenant moved out.  We also received some payments from the new tenants for utilities pa...

Ok so we are purchasing a second home and renting out the first one.

We have the ads up and applicants are rolling in.

We have 5 that have completed prescreening and all are coming to see the house on Saturday... (Y...

Hello all,What have you seen re: water meters. Located in Los Angeles County (Los Feliz, 90027 zip). Property is zoned R2-1XL so pretty sure I can only have two main water meters. Right now the two units I have share ...

Hi all! We have a house out in Austell,Ga that we've been renting out for the past 5 years. My older sister was the landlord up until recently when my mom asked me to take over. When my sister turned everything ove...