so i implied for my first loan. It looks like i would be approved for a 170 thousand loan, but i need to have the 6000 in funds for a down payment. I dont have it and they won't accept friend's gift, it has to be a fa...

I bought a land at a County tax deed auction. I did my due diligence and both the city zoning website and the zoning expert at the City said it is residential.

I won the auction....excited....and then another...

I just had a consultation with someone who has the following story. Classic example of a prohibited transaction. Sometimes I hear arguments against “checkbook control” that custodian is there to protect your IRA and p...

I am working with a realtor who has sent me a list of properties on the MLS. I have done a walk through on several of the properties, sent her my offers, and before she writes up the contracts her broker is asking for...

I, like most of owners with more than a handful of leases, tend to put some sort of separation between the tenants and me.  With most properties, this separation, usually via a management company,  is desired to preve...

A while back, my wife and I decided to rehab one of our long-term rentals in central Austin and convert it to a short-term vacation rental. After months and months of work, our first vacation rental property is now up...