This post is to sum up all of my experiences renting and to teach renters including landlords about renting and owning a property. Jan 2011 Pittsfield, Massachusetts. 1/1 apartment style building. Lessons learned: Non...

I bought my first duplex in March '07. It's in South Dakota and managed by my father in law. The first one worked out well, so I kept looking for deals, but couldn't find anything that met my cashflow criteria. Finall...

Hi All, I always delete the applicants files and personal info after I have denied the application.  Would it come back and haunt me one day if someone files a complaint claiming that I unfairly reject his/her applica...

Hey All, I'm pretty sure I already know the answer, but in an attempt to better serve our seller and go above and beyond, I wanted to ask the community for the off chance that someone knows of some way to structure th...

36th district court in Detroit said later this year it will not accept eviction filings without a certificate of occupancy.Im wondering if that's legal to force you to allow people to continue to live in your property? 

Hello everybody!
I'm relatively new to the world of real estate investing and would greatly appreciate some help in figuring out my criteria!.  I believe I am currently stuck in analysis paralysis for these 2 reasons...

A lot of experienced investors and non-experienced investors use large sums of cash to obtain properties at great discounts (70-80 cents on the dollar) via direct sales of pocket listings or auctions. Paying ca...

Back Story: Grandma has Alzheimer's. Her granddaughter took her in. They haven't gotten guardianship but are working on it. (cost is $400) The home had new windows, roof, and gutters installed around 10 years ago. Gra...

OK, so now I have my Real Estate Team (Title Co, Attorney, Agent, Tax Advisor, etc) my LLC is set up, I have end users, spent way too much money on "classes, coaches and Mentors" that didn't (or couldn't) answer my q...

Hi! I feel like this should go in the success stories because after dragging my feet for *months* and being interested for years, I finally sent out my first direct mail campaign last week!Between yesterday and today ...