Our property is in Lake County, IL and we are going through a 1st transition from 1st tenants to our 2nd ones. Tenants that moved out this month, left some damages behind (some repairable and some not) as well as didn...

Hi all.  I’ve become very interested in notes.  I know there’s so much to learn about notes but it doesn’t seem worth all the education and relationship building for just a few notes for diversification which is my ma...

I've been reading another forum and they recommend charging twice the security deposit if the FICO score(s) is below 600. Has anyone tried this and if so were the people willing to pay?

Also I was wondering how peop...

My first tenants moved out the other day so I went over to the property today to change locks and do a few other things. I was surprised to see how dirty the property was. There was no damage to anything but they had...

Our tenant called the day rent was due, said his check didn't come in (Social Security), it would be a week late. When we didn't get it, my husband posted our first Pay or Quit notice. That got his attention. He ca...

I have the impression that portfolio lenders give loans based on the performance of the properties. While I was speaking with my personal bank, they said they could offer better rates in the form of a traditional mort...

We own a small 2 br 1 br home in a very small town in MS . It needs a bit of work. A person came by and was interested in renting it out and was willing to put some work in it. I'm not sure if I can secure insurance f...

Hello all, although it is only my 3 post or so, i research a lot and was reading the 2016 real estate law for CA. This is the link to the CA bureau of real estate. hopefully this ok by the mods.http://www.dre.ca.gov/P...

Hello everyone,If you've been in some deals I'd appreciate your thoughts, either as answers to the questions or adding more questions. As a passive investor (or as a sponsor acting as a general partner (GP) in a syndi...

Hi we are still planning a upleg and 1031 exchange.  Partners owned the downleg 50 -50 Only one owner wants to be on the loan and the lender says thats ok because we're putting  a lot down on the uplegI was wondering ...