I am thinking about buying a townhouse or condo to live in for a couple years and then rent out later. I'm wondering how HOA fees come into play when calculating investment returns and/or cap rate. Should I just think...

I would like to buy 1-3 rental properties for my parents, with their funds. As their money will ultimately come to me, this is sort of like managing my own money.

However, my parents are fairly disorganized. While...

Earlier this year, I was facing an eviction situation. The tenant had DSS pay a couple months, but lost services and stopped paying. I learned a lot and took care of it myself. A consolidated resource could have helpe...

So we want to make an offer on a house in our target area but it has brown stained walls and popcorn ceiling and a sting odor of smoke. I have heard 

What are ways you have seen landlords calculate rent raises?
I plan to raise rent by 2% yearly, and round to the nearest $25. After that, I will re-evaluate every 5 years based on local rent. I've asked for others op...

My partner and I are looking to get started in investing in Fix N Flips. I've been looking into buying homes at Auction. I was wondering if any of you with experience in this can tell me if what I learned so far is co...

I don't see management companies able or willing to do the small things that lead to bigger problems. ( Its been windy lately here in Minneapolis- here is a perfect example, The rental next to mine has a broken storm ...

If I own an investment property that is not in my wife's name and do a quit claim deed on our home that we own together, making my wife the sole owner of our home, will that remove the chance of any legal action made ...

A friend of a friend approached me with an offer:
He will get me leads on properties that I have for free! Yep Free!
But …. If a sale is made for one of his leads he wants 1%.
What do you say? Would you make a deal l...

The whole process that the servicers put a realtor, mortgage agent and attorneys through to get a short sale done is next to impossible. I have heard more then a few times, a few times from the servcer themselves, th...