My tenant wants a roommate which is OK with me. She picked out someone and I sent him a request for a background and credit check via Cozy. He asked me to reimburse him the cost of the checks. I told him I wouldn't do...

We have an 8 units (2 buildings with 4 units each) that we plan to purchase. Two options we are considering
1. buy them under personal name at interest rate of around 3.X
2. Buy them under LLC but then it will be co...

When I advertise a unit for rent, I'll get an e-mail response, and send out a 10 question pre-qualifying e-mail.

I have a potential tenant that listed their income as "1250 not including tips". The rent is 79...

I currently do not have any investment properties but am very interested in getting started. Has anyone went down the HUD/Section 8 path as a landlord? It seems like you could buy houses on the cheap side and get gove...

I have a borrower who asked me if he could "borrow in the name of a 'land trust'..." He briefly explained some of the nuances, and when I asked him why he did this he said, "It protects us a little better than a LLC.....

I am new to investing in San Antonio and just made an offer on a 4-plex. I am working full-time and expect to have a property management company handle the property, but want to set expectations for them based on what...

If you have a personal homeloan (ignoring IP's for now) are you pumping every spare dollar into reducing that debt, or are you putting some of it into other investments (e.g. managed funds etc) as retrement savings?

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I allow my tenants to have most dogs. the exceptions are very specific quoted from my landlord's insurance. if my insurance will not cover damage of any kind caused by, say a german shepherd, and a prospective te...

Hello there BP community. I have a 9-5 stable job. but want to get my feet wet in the real estate world for financial independence and flexibility that will better suit my lifestyle.i have friends and family who are i...

First off I call units where doors & walls destroyed mortal combat units.

We purchased a property where the tenant in one of the units shot the whole place up with a bb gun. Walls, ceilings, doors (you could hear...