For those of you familiar with the real estate market in the Detroit, Michigan, Northwest Indiana, Columbus, Ohio, and other areas, you know that this is prime opportunity to build a real estate portfolio.

Why? Let ...

My fellow landlord invited me to help him with his units in Chicago as he has more than 100 units and managing them became a full-time job for him. It is not something the Landlord expected to be busy with. I am explo...

The SCARLETT Method
     I’ll start off this essay with a quick disclaimer, I in no way, created the idea of renting out homes by the room. All I did was formulate an acronym and implemented a few practices to keep...

After spending money fixing up a property, I obviously want to make sure the tenants occupying it are not damaging or tearing anything up....whether accidentally or deliberately......or worse still, using my property ...

Good Morning -

I am ranting this morning about my so-called cash buyers list. I meet these wonderful people at investor meetings, or they call me from my Craigslist ads. I find properties they want and negoti...

I do my own leasing and screen tenants.

Unlike stocks, a tenant's past performance is a guarantee of future results.

(i.e. if there are red flags in their past, there will be red flags in your future if...

This may seem like a new question, but I couldn't find a specific answer on older posts. Sorry if I missed it.Anyways, if I have 3 separate LLC's and one fails, will the other 2 be protected?Example:LLC 1: Worth $45,0...

Yup, you read that right. I am a bit late in writing this post by about 6 months but still wanted to share that I actually now have 2 rentals. You can read about my first deal here: Full time JOB, Full time Single MOM...

The crazy road that lead me to this point. It all started a few years ago, my husband was introduced to a "REI/Broker" who got him started in real estate investing/rentals. Which is all fine and dandy, and can be a ve...

Have any of you tried these? Any suggestions?