I am newbie and would start my first rental property journey. Is it better if I get bank loan or equity loan to start, or share profit with landlord?

My marketing efforts have successfully brought me an investor with 3 properties, each of which are currently tenanted.  Would it be wise to seek private money to buy the properties?  I have asked for the annual taxes,...

When factoring the variable landlord-paid expenses, what percentages of GSI are "typically" used (rule of thumb) for the following:Vacancy (I've been told conservative is 10% and if deal still works at 10% then you sh...

Most tenant screening software that I have used puts the onus on the tenant to enter their persona information such as SSN and DL number into the software. I just provide the software with an email and the prospective...

Do you agree next-generation landlords will be more engaged with peer-to-peer sharing, purchasing, and funding?Many like @J Martin and @Brandon Turner are open to AirBnB types of offering, but will progressive landlor...

There is a story on WRAL's web site about Forest Hills Apartments, on 7th Avenue in Garner. Apparently a lot of people there are on S-8 through RHA (apparently) and have been given notice to vacate. The apartment sold...

How hard is it to evict a tenant in Rhode Island ?     How long does the process actually take ? 

We haven't gone into deep discussion yet, but the property is in pre-forclosure. She's been contacted by people with "the lists", but is a little attached and doesn't want to just throw it away.When we sit down and ta...

Hi all, I have a tenant that signed a 18 months lease and kept delaying on their rent payment in the first 6 months. We have a clause in the original contract saying that if they cannot get caught up on payment by the...

I have multiple insurance agents for my residential properties, but none of them are able to provide insurance for a small commercial wood framed building I bought recently in the Inland Empire.  It is very old, dated...