The neighbor of one of my rental properties has about a dozen cats.  Evidently, with that many cats, litter boxes are not practical, so unfortunately, these cats get kicked outside to their "business".  As it turns ou...

I've started up my wholesaling business recently, and in addition to all the investors, hard money lenders, and wholesalers I've met, I come across many short sales specialists. My focus is 100% on wholesaling, but I'...

Landlord for SFH in Hayward, CA. Tenants have been relatively communicative about their financial hardships during COVID-19 and over the last several months we have worked together to keep them in the home and even re...

Hello! At the moment my retirement investments are primarily focused on the S&P 500. I've used a number of different retirement calculators but am having a bit of difficulty navigating them; especially with respec...

Has anyone noticed contact rates going way down recently? This time last year, I was getting somewhere around 6-8% fairly regularly. Now, I'm consistently getting 0.5%. This is really affecting lead count!I've heard o...

I was told yesterday by my trusty title company that they will no longer close on properties that do not have title insurance. I bought a property two weeks ago and bought a policy. This week I sold the property and...

Fellow landlords, how do you normally compensate tenants for loss of use of the property for a brief period - including inconveniences before and after it.In addition, do you compensate different tenants different dep...

Hello BP,
I sold a property in Miami, FL and provided some owner finance to buyer. This is my first experience providing owner finance on a property. The deed was recorded in first position. The buyer (now mortgagor)...

Check out this excellent article from Banker and Tradesman, "You Rarely Know All Your Agent Does". While it mostly focuses on listing agents, the same holds true for buyer's agents.
You only know some of what your ag...

I own 4.5 acres in a rural community. I paid 125k for the land and have since put about 100k of improvements into it, including a well, electric service, fencing, and a 2200sf barn/workshop with living quarters. Inten...