When my wife and I have rented places for ourselves previously, we only ever payed a single application fee. However, the prevailing logic I've researched says that each person over the age of 18 living in the house n...

Hi all. So, I'm into all the details of acquiring and renovating properties and normally leave all the tenant screening management stuff to a management company. Currently my management company is asking if I want to ...

I am buying a duplex and inheriting a tenant that has been there for 4 years, a single mom. It seems she is usually late with rent payments but catches up within few months. She is otherwise good tenant and keep her u...

This isn't meant to be a long post but I have a lot of first time investors and house hackers or just investors that are new to Chicago that ask about charging a security deposit and my answer to them is NEVER charge ...

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One of my rentals is a semi-detached home where I own one side. It’s rented to a good tenant who pays on time and keeps the place clean.

The house next door was rec...

Here it is. What could be my first real deal. I made this document to source funding, and it seems to have accomplished that goal. I am not looking to find funding for this, I am looking for anyone who sees things I m...

Hey everyone! I bought a duplex in my name only back in 2019 and owner occupied it until this dec.  I just bought another property and the duplex is now completely occupied by tenants.  So now I am looking to set up a...

How would I determine if a county/state was landlord or tenant-friendly? Or what jurisdiction would I be looking under, ie. state, county, township? I want to make sure the eviction process would favor the property ow...

Every flippers knows there is a dead line when you try to sell a property. There is a crunching time and I won't be all that nice. We all get frustrated. Some contractors can't handle this.  Some contractor quit. I ca...

Alright, so my brother and I both live in Los Angeles and we're both looking to get into REI. We both want to get a 2-4plex to owner occupy, but it's more difficult to finance if we go solo (but not impossible). If we...