Does Zillow (or other listing sites for that matter) have fairly accurate estimates or should you only rely on getting appraisal or inspecting and comparing to comps?

It was slow in February and March finding a tenant for another rental, though I ended up with 5 qualified applicants and filled it before I had any vacancy. Now I have another  house vacant for 3 months and almost no ...

Many books that I read have mentioned about making an apartment deal with a 80-20 loan structure. Some of them even suggested the 20% down can be using private money and some could be carried back by the seller. I pok...

Recently the lease term ended on one of my properties and the tenant decided to stay. My management company sent a new month to month lease renewal to the tenant, and then executed the lease with someone from the mana...

I have an area thats about 3/4 to 1 acre of land, a common area, that is surrounded by 6 units. Recently puchased the properties, and it's covered in massive amounts of goat heads, or puncturevines. This spring I plan...

A property purchased at Courthouse foreclosure often come with liens. Delinquent HOA assessment not paid by the foreclosed owner is a common problem that becomes the burden of the new Buyer, who has to settle with the...

Hello BP!Does anyone know what the zoning code R3H means for the County of Santa Clara, specifically the H part? I understand the code R3 to mean -  R3 Multi-Family Residential. The purpose of the Multi-Family R...

I'm establishing a corp and wanted to ask about Land Trusts and the need for them.

If one owned a 4 plex that could legally be converted to  5 plex would you do it?  I know it changes it from being appraised using residential vs commercial standards.  But I do not know if this would be better or not...

Purchased an 18 unit deal in miami from a tired seller for 1M.  Got a great loan deal from a local bank with only 20% down.Raised rents across the board about 200/mo per unit.Put another 100k into the common areas and...