As I continue to explore and prepare to be a REI I am finding people around me being very doubtful and advising against.  The feedback is always about the headaches, constant tenant problems, constant repairs, evictio...

Well,You guys all likely made your resolutions for this new 2015 year.  Not to dump a bucket of ice-cold water on you, but just to remind you newbies out there - it's a lot easier to get in than to stay in this game.T...

I’ve been fortunate enough to have found success owning my own business for the last 4 years. It pretty much runs itself at this point and I only have to put in less than 15 hours a week into it. In my quest to find w...

I am really hoping that the professional real estate experts (or even just really smart people) in this forum can help me!!
I have been trying to purchase a short sale property in Colorado for almost 10 months now and...

Hi,
I rent a house I inherited from my mother not located where I live. I have a property management company manage it. We just replaced all flooring and did landscaping. Within 2 weeks of being available PM...

Section 8 sounds like a good way to go for rental properties, since the rent checks come from the government. So how do you set up a unit for Section 8? Do you have to register it or have it inspected? Are there any d...

[Copied from my post in "General Real Estate Investing"]FUNDING UPDATE:
Hi everyone, thanks for keeping up with me and my undying drive to acquire this property (off-market value-add duplex in my market).
I spoke wi...

Ok so I am closing on my first property by next week and have alot of questions regarding the tenant who is living upstairs. They have been there for 7 years and pay 625 (rent is 725 but does "maintence" on the proper...

We do a little landlording renting out SFH's. We try to run this like a business. The tenants are our customers and we provide services in the form of clean decent housing. Usually it goes well.

Over the years we ha...

This is my first time through the screening process, and I had everything dialed in to screen multiple applicants and choose the best based on a set of criteria.  However, I've now shown it a few times and there was o...