One of the many calls that I had today.  I am using Michael Quarles advice about getting the seller to give me their minimum.  I have had success and failure with this.  Here is the part of a phone call that I had tod...

Hi all -I'm sure there are all sorts of partnership arrangement options but wanted to get your thoughts on this one.  I have a friend who lives in another state that wants to partner on multifamily deals.  He is going...

So two years ago I became a member here at biggerpockets because I was interested in becoming financially independent.  The consensus here on the forums was that I shouldn't get into real estate if I wasn't going to b...

I've read a lot of the forum posts, blogs, and am on podcast 131 (working my way through them), and paying off properties early vs. paying them off over the life of the loan seems to be a fairly divisive topic.  Befor...

1st time buyers. We just got approved for our first home loan. We understand that we need to look at many, many, many properties to educate ourselves on what is a good property and what is not. Our realtor is willing ...

Hello everyone. I'm new to owning rentals, I have 2 duplexes (Newburgh Heights and Shaker Heights)I had a very good relationship with my property manager until recently. He was always slow to send things like invoices...

My property manager is saying an eviction will cost ~$1000 for a lawyer.  Shouldn't the property manager handle the eviction process themself, otherwise, what am I really paying them for?  Tenant paid last month ~ 20 ...

I didn't want to derail the other interesting conversation about credit scores, so thought I'd pose this as a separate question.When I was renting to mainly techies and students, they often had no credit at all.  Ofte...

I want to get approved for a DSCR loan. I have walked through a few properties that I know would cash flow.  Where can I find a lender? I talked with a manager at my local KeyBank and she told me "There is no such thi...

Has anyone dealt with a certified service dog situation in a non-pet property? I have a potential tenant coming to look at an apartment that typically does not allow pets. I know there are a lot of laws protecting ser...