I don't have any properties yet but my goal is to acquire buy and holds while I work my full time job. I am wondering if anyone who does this has advice or comments about this scenario. Is it harder than you thought? ...

Can anyone tell me if there is a time limit on how long you can wait to take legal action against a tenant who has broken a lease and left owing back rent? At the time, the tenant had driven the property into foreclos...

I have a tenant whose lease is not up until March 2016. She called me a few days ago and said someone was following her and she removed valuables from property , thinking she was being set up. She left to go stay with...

Hello All! I am a new member gearing up to start buying long term rentals. Right now, I'm researching what the best financing options and property types are for newbies. I'm thinking duplexes and am still invest...

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I am renting out my first property. It is a single family home. How do I go about utilities? Do you have the tenant put the water, gas, electricity, trash in their name and show you proof that they are payi...

We have tenants that always take advantage of the 5 day grace period we have in the lease. Today we received a text that they had an unexpected emergency and that they aren't sure they will be able to get the full ren...

Hi everybody,I've been helping one of my family members look for an affordable SFH for a few months now but given how hot the Portland (and vicinities, i.e Salem) Real Estate market is, it's been a very challenging ex...

Subject property is distressed and gutted 2/1 in an up-n-coming historic area with small restored bungalows with high-end, tasteful finishes. Think college professor buyer. The ask is a reasonable $570K based on MLS c...

Hello, I'm a new investor.  I'm trying to establish an effective criteria in todays fast moving fluid market.  I'd like to get some experinced thoughts of buying and renting properties around university's.  Of course ...

Just curious what some of you syndicators plan to do where you have been buying 3, 4, 5  cap "value add" deals. If rates move against you, what is the plan? I have no dog in the fight but aside from the 100% bonus dep...