I have a very strong deal in the works. 5 unit building with a retail storefront that I want to owner occupy with my other business. Professional inspection and walkthrough show about $15000 in repairs and replacement...

Do you all have your A/C units looked at/worked on in the spring for preventative maintenance? Didn't know if it would make sense to have them all looked at to hopefully cut down on calls through out the summer.

T...

After speaking with about 5 or 6 mortgage companies, I found one that was more than happy to do an FHA streamline refinance on my rental house. ($51k, 3.375% down from 5.5%). The companies that said no did so for vari...

I had a really interesting lead fall into my lap. How would you go about this. There are 5 properties. Two are controlled by a Woman who is over her fathers estate. She is negotiable and said I can even wholesale the ...

I'm looking at investing in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming region. Has anyone invested in this area and have recommended neighborhoods?Thanks,Jake

Something new to me is when I see people letter grading real estate areas. "The building is in a C+ area." What constitutes a C+ area? B area?

How is this determined?

Thank you.

Arnie

Hi BP,

I just rented my property and I'm not getting a lot of return back because I pay $ 911 for the mortgage and I have the property rented for $ 1100. I also pay a property manager %10 of the rent. Is it better...

Here's an interesting post by a security expert who was initially fooled by a rental phishing scam:https://jeffreyladish.com/anat...It shows that the scammers are getting better and more sophisticated, where the appli...

When you are working directly with homeowners on SS'ing their house, what are you finding is preventing them from signing your Option Contract more than anything else?

Never seen my online stock trading company post stuff about real estate, but theyre facebook had a link to this site..
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-investing-in-rentals-could-be-a-good-move-2011-06-13
it made ...