I’ve had the same tenant in my single family home for 12 years and have never raised rent. They are great tenants that pay on time, never really complain, and generally take good care of the property. Since their fis...

I have a modest, newer modular home that i was unable to sell within about 6 or so months, so, i decided to rent so that i could have some money to pay the mortage.

Recently, the renters, after about 2-3 yrs have had...

Let's say we underwrite a deal and we think 3% growth  in Gross Operating Income and 2% growth in opEx are reasonable. Because of this delta, NOI increases every year and Cap Rate as a result. But NOI can't grow infin...

Just bought my first triplex! Currently the renters are paying $300 under market, and they are on month to month verbal agreements- no signed lease. The renters have been there for 3 years, and keep they're places ver...

I've pretty well decided to put my house on the market probably in October. I'm in quiet a cul-de-sac (anybody interested, lol) with about 10 houses. One is in foreclosure [reo-147K, 2 have just [one yesterday, 165K,...

528,000 foreclosures so far in first 6 months. On pace for over 1 million this year. That is a # that, to my knowledge, has NEVER been reached. What will 2011 be? Higher or lower? Where are all the buyers and cash go...

Earnings too high to claim passive losses?
so what happens if you have lots of passive losses on real estate - but your active income is over 150k? is there a way to still claim those loses if you are a full time emp...

Hi BP  community - I wanted to pose a question to the community to get some feedback - I am working on project that could  lead to us having 3 brand new construction 4 plexes built in Madera, Ca - Currently , we are l...

Those here who are familiar with more conventional investing may know about life-cycle funds.  For those who are not, a life-cycle fund is a fund that is chartered in such a way that it invests according to the intere...

Hola,Please provide input on this situation.  The facts:I am trying to use equity in my rental for start up capital.The home is valued at $88.5K.  I owe $47K.  The interest rate is a ridiculous 7% (which I'm working t...