With last years taxes, I was able to write off my rental income down to zero through depreciation, repairs, hoa's, taxes, insurance, etc on my rental properties.Since I do not meet the qualifications to go to $-25,000...

I'm a buyer that was very excited to purchase a home. Long story short, and $100k+ worth of undisclosed issues later after inspection, I had to walk away as there was no way I could pay for all of it out of pocket. At...

It’s no mystery that every investor has dealt with a bad contractor. Much like property managers and real estate agents, many investors feel that there is a shortage of people in those professions that are actually go...

Just a general question to see what everyone thinks…What would be your choice for heating a rental property? I feel like central air is a great investment just for the sake of ease of use for a tenant. It also gives u...

Does anyone know where I can find a comprehensive checklist of safety-related items for rental properties?  This is a list that I have come up with along the way (some of these came off the inspection report):Inspect/...

Moving is naturally a very stressful process. In fact; healstatus.com has ranked moving in their top 5 most stressful events in a person’s life behind death of a loved one and divorce. Needless to say you need to secu...

Hi everyone,

I'm working on my first vacant land parcel deal and wanted to ask if anyone had suggestions for due diligence items I may not be thinking of. my to do list currently includes:

confirm zoning
title
surv...

I'm considering "rehabbing" or improving about 76 units that I own which is a portion of my older portfolio. These properties have been good cashflow properties, but they are more maintenance intensive since they are ...

First time investor looking for a duplex or a SFH as my first project. What are the best ways to find off market deals in a competitive market? 

I am currently in the process of prospective market diligence and have developed a list of the items we want to measure / compare across markets (crime rates, pop growth, job market, vacancy/occupancy, etc.) but would...