Hi everyone!We are looking to buy a house listed as a Duplex but registered as a Single Family Home at county level (Alameda,CA). The county records shows a SFH with 1 kitchen and 3 br while in reality it is a Duplex ...

I am often asked this question:  "What is my biggest financial risk in buying/owning a short-term rental property?"
Lots of things come immediately to mind:  Septic problems, a new roof, HVAC failure, lower-than-proj...

We just start looking at multiplex for "better cash flow" based on my realtor's recommendation. But I noticed multiplex community usually looks less neat and not so well maintained, due to tenants not taking care of t...

I am from Los Angeles and found an apartment building in Fresno.  Escrow closes in two weeks.  The building was build in the 40th and maintained most of its original beauties: red tile roof which is leaking and the ro...

Last month I posted this related issue in the below link and got a lot of helpful answers. I'm back again because I got a threatening email from the HOA as described below. Can you please let me know your thoughts on ...

Hi BP:I have a landlord that is interested in selling me his Duplex. The unit he is living in has a pool. The Duplex will be for me and my family to live in and rent the other unit. Anyone has experience with Duplex t...

I'd like to know if anyone has thoughts/experience on the potential liability of having tenants in a home with a pool.

I recently bought a small house and want to give the exterior a facelift. The windows are an older wood in a cream color and most are hard to open. It would be pretty difficult to paint and somewhat costly to hire som...

Here in New York we were ordered to not travel. They deemed what was essential and what wasn't. I have seen mixed reactions from landlords on how they are handeling tenant issues during this time. Can anyone on lockdo...

My parents bought three properties with leases already signed. I was wondering if you can add small agreements that relate to maintaining the property. For example, "Carpets must be professionally cleaned and will be ...