More tax news out of Washington. The administration announced doubling the size of the IRS over ten years. This reverses the trend during the last administration of reducing IRS staff and scaling back the number of au...

Today is a great day!  I finally got my money back from a BP member after over 2 years.  We had met on BP in 2015 as he attended my meetup group and over the years he was very involved with the community here in Chica...

Use other people's money, they said. Leverage, they said. Harumph.
Mortgage 1: My personal residence (duplex) in Boston. With rates low, my promo rate on the HELOC expiring, a bunch of exterior renovations I want to...

So I just finished up my first eviction proceeding. Tenants did not pay November rent, and the constable will be at their door at 9:00 am on Tuesday, December 3. The only reason it took that long to get it done i...

Tenants moved out of our first investment house in DFW, which we're selling for a few reasons. The left it dirty and battered. We wanted to turn it over as quickly as we could to reduce holding costs, yet we both ...

Over the years on here I've seen some questions regarding people wanting to become Property Managers and how they would handle entering the data into a financial software program. What they don't realize is that there...

In Pennsylvania when a property doesn't sell at the Judicial Tax Sale (Free & Clear Sale), it goes on a list (Repository List) where it can be purchases anytime for a nominal price. When the sale is complete, the ...

I have a 3 bedroom rental that has max occupancy of 6 people. I am renting it starting Dec 1 for $850 to a husband/wife. They came looking at it with her mother and we think they are going to eventually ask to move...

My friends daughter came to me with the following story asking for help.

Seller is approved for Citi short sale. Listing agent finds buyer who submits offer.

Buyer wants to lease prior to completion of approval by ...

I have another odd situation on my hands.

I need all responders to start by making one assumption - the story I have been told is true. Yes, I totally realize this may not be the case, but I'm trying to understand ...