I have a client that I am providing funding for in Massachusetts. We planned to fund a back to back transaction for over $1M but the short sale approval letter from First Horizon MetLife came back that it must be held...

I know I messed up by not addressing this issue in the lease.For those of you who rent out homes with septics, do you have the tenant pay for emptying it or do you pay?Will it be too late to add it to the lease upon r...

Howdy all,We use a modified version of the generic lease that comes with @Brandon Turner's [really awesome] Book on Managing Rental Properties. We had to make some changes to conform to New Hampshire state law, but ot...

Looking for a little input on snow removal from a multifamily property.  I am in the Buffalo NY area.  I purchased a 3 unit rental property back in September and all 3 units have existing tenants in place from the pre...

I know a lot of folks in China are looking to get their assets secured in the US, and I see deals all the time that American investors may not jump at that would fit international buyers' criteria perfectly. The probl...

The last Texas legislative session passed various firearm bills into law which will directly affect landlords and property managers.
For example, House Bill 302 prohibits any “no firearms” clauses in multifamily leas...

Hello All,I was discussing a property listed by a Marcus and Millichap broker and mentioned sending an offer in through my agent who is with a different company. She said that I would have to pay him since they don't ...

I asked someone for a contract to use to put a deal under contract and they sent me a realtor contract that was like 10 pages long using language that I didn't understand. I want to use simple 1 or 2 page contracts th...

Does anybody have a purchase and sale agreement and an assignment contract for the state of Tennessee?

Hi,I don't know if this has ever been discussed yet.  One of the problems that I came across was trying to talk to my husband, whose English isn't that great, about investing in real estate. This problem was solved, w...