I am curious about understanding typical expenses in the twin cities region. I have been looking on the MLS and a lot of the houses I have been seeing are rather old, typically built between 1900 - 1920.  Of course, t...

I always wondered how lenders verify tax returns in Canada. In the Usa, lenders can make you fill up a form that will allow them to pull your tax returns themselves, but such practise doesn’t happen in Canada. Lenders...

Just a little background for me: I own 3 Duplex & 5 SFH (acquired for $700K in total) with my partner in just less than 2 years and generating high cash flow of $6K every month from all of my rental properties. A...

My wife and I have been looking into buying a new construction home with the idea of renting it out...paying down the mortgage with the rent and using the rental income or sell the home in 25-30 years as part of our r...

Hello, my name is Craig. I am trying to take my interest to the next level by creating an account here on biggerpockets.com, and dedicating my free-time to learning as much as I possibly can about real estate inve...

I've had a few showings with people who claim to have been landlords. I guess in this economy it's not that unusual. However, since I've been a landlord I've seen firsthand how tenants can manipulate the system a...

This came from a hard money lending in southern California. If you're rehabbing and flipping properties, be sure you are following the new lead based paint guidelines.

"They are searching rehabbed sold proper...

This past winter I had a tenant whose lease I wasn't going to renew because the unit needed some serious rehab. Anyway tenant wouldn't leave, had to go through the entire eviction process, in the end the judge ruled t...

I'm considering using a PML and putting up a rental property I own out-right to buy another investment property for cash. It would be a 50% LTV. The lender would be the mortgage holder on the Deed on the propert...

So I just came back from previewing 8 properties for potential buy and hold/fix and flip.  I found that I was constantly trying to take good pictures, videos, jot down notes, and ask questions.  At the time everything...