My brother-in-law is a new agent in this town/city whatever (looks to me like formalized segregation, frankly.  Polish/Ukrainian/East European enclave entirely surrounded by Detroit.)  He's very keen to sell me a rent...

Hey everyone! I am new to real estate investing and I just closed on my first home. My plan has been to live in it for a year, make some renovations and rent out rooms and then save to purchase my next property. Now I...

While replying to another thread about family size, I was reminded of two separate incidents regarding size of another nature.The first was a few years ago when I showed a vacant 2BR/1BA house to woman who had called ...

I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this. I have been reading up on it and it seems there are many issues that could cause sound from one unit to be heard in the other. The main sounds we are hearin...

When people are trying to rehab homes, why do I keep hearing about private investors to fund the projects? Does a conventional mortgage not work?

I just watched my first episode of Rehab Addict and, she too, uses pri...

When I advertise a unit for rent, I'll get an e-mail response, and send out a 10 question pre-qualifying e-mail.

I have a potential tenant that listed their income as "1250 not including tips". The rent is 79...

This post is for my DC area (DC, PG, MoCo, Alexandria, etc.) investors and interested investors. I have been using the HCVP Small Area Fair Market Rents as a basis to running my numbers when analyzing possible invest...

Any of you guys ever had an issue getting insurance to pay for your roof replacement? So last year we had a very bad hurricane in Florida. The tiles on my roof started shaking and cracking (according to the contractor...

This has been the biggest red flag with under market properties that you wonder ... well, why can they be had at a certain price, and everyone avoids them because of how costly and risky foundation fixes are.My questi...

Here is a video of the project I am working on for my aunt and uncle. I need guidance. I don't know what kind of materials or product I need to finish this wall, and because of flooding how much time I should give it ...