I have four vacancies, an SFH, 2 Flat, and a condo for a month.  All units are rehabbed/prepped for renting and show well.  started at high rents but have reduced rents to average in the area of Forest Park.  just a f...

Hi! I bought a home and converted the garage into an ADU. I rented out the main house already, and all utilities are in the tenant's name. I split off the electric meter for the ADU, so that will be billed separately....

In one of the most recent blog articles (I just received an email yesterday pointing me to it), the author (@Dave Van Horn) discussed using a HELOC as a sweep account.It's method #3 in the following link.https://www.b...

Hello everyone! I'm working on a deal and need some advice. Here are the details:Her husband bought it in 2006 for $470k. He passed away shortly after and she's been running it ever since. She's now in her 80s and she...

Happy new year everyone!I am in the process of finding a tenant for a unit within my duplex (currently house hacking it), and wanted to ask for the community's feedback on my listing and anything I can do to guarantee...

Colleagues and friends,The original GOP reform thread started by @Brandon Hall is well over 200 posts by now. This is one of the follow-up threads specifically for discussion of personal itemized (Schedule A) deductio...

I am looking to close on my first property in the next month and trying to finalize a few details.  The current leases do not go into much detail on how the current property manager handles non-separated utilities so ...

Hello,I currently have a paid off house and a HELOC Worth 250k, which I will be using to buy a rental property.My wife and I were thinking to get started we should buy another house where we would consider living for ...

How can I charge my tenants for electric and water usage when it's all on one meter?do I just include everything in the rent and check on the past years usages and add it that way

Hi! I am self managing all of my properties and at the beginning I just signed leases with fixed utility amounts for simplicity. I’m realizing that was a mistake because the tenants are running up the utility bill. Pu...