I just finished my first deal, a buy-and-hold in Baltimore City.  A mentor sent me the property in November 2014 for consideration.  After I inspected it and talked it over with a contractor (also a mentor), the numbe...

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Does anyone have insight into what it takes to turn a commercial building into a mixed-use building? Where would I find out about zoning and permits and what types of professionals would need to be involved in th...

The City of Los Angeles recently passed Ordinance 183893, which requires the retrofit of pre-1978 wood-frame soft-story buildings and non-ductile concrete buildings. The goal of the mandatory retrofit programs, under ...

As I shared before now that I am retired thanks to being a Long Term Buy and Hold Landlord I am taking my time to look back and share.  In this post I am going to look back on my First Rental Property Experience begin...

This is yet another post of mine that makes me think I should start blogging.

"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently." - Wa...

Calling all landlords: Tell us the story of how you got started!

If you worked, how did you work a full-time job and invest in real estate?
If you weren't working, what allowed you to take the plunge into full tim...

Hi Everybody, I am Fairly new to this and I am not 100% sure what to post but I wanted to share whats happening now since it is fresh on my mind.

I received a call off of one of our bandit signs last year around tha...

I recently bought a 20 unit building and closed on the 10th of December. On the 11th I started dealing with the complaints of one tenant on almost a daily basis. All of the complaints are noise related and all ...

Today, we were in the neighborhood and stopped by our home. We discovered multi people adults and children have moved in without consent/ notice/ in violation of tenants section 8 agreement. Also, discovered a medium ...

Ok. I have years (decades) of LL experience. I had a tenant tell me 3 months ago that they would not be renewing (kid on the way - buying a house). I talk to the assoc. manager and casually mention it. She has som...