I own a house and put an ad on Craigslist to rent a room for $675 per month, which includes all utilities.  This is my first  time renting and first time reading someone's credit report.  This guy came to my house, fi...

Hello Everyone,I am due to close on a property that has an existing tenant. Long story short, I found this property off market. The current landlord was to sell this property and would have needed to evict the tenant....

We have been using ACH though our bank for many years and it works great for the most part. It's also free. The downside is that is a very rigid system. Some tenants also don't like the fact that they can't initiate a...

Hey BP, i'm looking to buy my first property and plan on house hacking it. The property is a 3 bed 2 bath in Manayunk going for 229k. It is fully rehabbed and in amazing shape- I know I can get 750 per room bringing t...

Do Loan Officers keep the full 2% of the mortgage loan or do they have to split it? In real estate I know the 6%-5% is split between both sides of sale (sellers/buyers) and then the remaining amount is split with the ...

I bought my duplex six years ago, and I had built in tenants that worked out great for that time. They just recently moved out and I am searching for some good tenants.

I have taken many phone calls, to which almo...

Those that rent to low income tenants:

If I were to institute a policy of no prior evictions and felonies during the screening process, do you think I would eliminate my entire rental base?

What are your standards w...

Background:My new tenant abandoned her 12 month lease after staying at the property for just a little less than a month.  She stated some family emergency and only gave me 3 days notice but only after I reached out ri...

Pretty much described it all in the description above.  New to REI.  First rental after a very nice rehab in Cook County outside of Chicago.  I'm comfortable with screening renters but wondering if anyone out there in...

Hi guys have a couple of qns about notesHeard about notes but what are the ways to go about doing them?Would investor allow to issue notes determine the terms and rate for the notes base on the house and investor woul...