Hey everyone, so a little backstory... my brother just bought his first rental, growing up my dad owned a rental property as well. We spent and still do spend a lot of time there so I'm familiar with the hands on aspe...

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I've been a follower of this website for several years now, and this is my first post. Thank you all for contributing so much to this community. I've learned a great deal about RE...

Hello!New to the site and I am grateful a friend and fellow newby told me about how much this site will help me learn.  My husband and I are wanting to grow our self directed IRA.  Our thoughts are to start growing wi...

MTR arbitrage is a useful tool to have in your tool chest, and like all tools, it has its uses along with its positives and negatives.
MTR: Medium-term rental (usually between 1-12 months)
Arbitrage: renting from an...

Hello BP - specifically I hope some RE agents from NC!I have decided to get my license next year and am doing research. I do not plan to work full-time in RE but rather I would like to be able to have MLS access and g...

My partner and I drove around looking for properties and now we are in the process of calling them, but we need to figure out exactly what questions to ask them. And also, how do we check the market so we know what t...

hey everybody,My name is Jeremy. I live in Vancouver, WA. I actually long ago came to this site, but there was no forum, just the goofy guy with a bunch of videos and a few blog posts. I never took the plunge of buyin...

Hello All,I just received applications for our first tenants ever. They have passed all of our screens (criminal, credit, etc) and in general, I feel good about it. But there are some quirks:• It is 4 people total. A ...

I just put in a new washer and dryer a few months ago for a 12 unit buidling and things were going great. Tenants were happy with the new machines & I was generating a little more laundry income!Unfortunately, I j...

I have a duplex in for permit and will begin construction mostly likely in the spring of next year and be completed by next summer/fall so I have a little bit of time to do some proper research. I had originally looke...