Hello all!My condo building HOA has a rule about 51% of the building needing to be owner occupied, leaving only 49% to be renter occupied. This is managed by the Board of Directors with the HOA- other homeowners withi...

There is a growing political movement, at least on Twitter, called Rent Strike 2020.  Basically the message is that they are demanding that the governors of all states "freeze all rent, mortgage, and utility bill coll...

I have a current tenant who wants a bit more space than the unit she's in currently. She's interested in moving into a larger 1BR at another multifamily property of mine. This tenant takes care of the unit she's in no...

Hi,I am looking to invest in Real Estate Crowdfunding websites like Realtyshares, Peerstreet, and others.Almost all of these require me to be "Accredited Investor" with $200K+ income or $1M+ net-worth. I do not have e...

Are any Sacramento landlords having the tenants pay for water for SFRs?I've always considered Sacramento a 'landlord pays for water/sewer/garbage' city. I never paid it when I was a renter, and as such, I pay for it a...

I confess, the subject header was just a sensationalist marketing ploy to get people to actually look at this post (few enter the "dreaded" renters forum). :-)

In actuality, my problem is somewhat unrelated (though t...

I now own seven rentals. The last purchase was week agoistheonly one with an HOA.I just got home from work and I opened a letter from the management company. It surely wasn't a welcome letter. It was a letter informin...

So I have a duplex and a tenant had 4 friends over and one of the younger ones was playing with a gun and shot his friend in the head and killed him (all early 20’s) unfortunately.   The tenant is moving out because o...

Sorry if this is already a topic somewhere but I want to purchase my first rental property but do it under an LLC.  I currently have an LLC in Oregon but its unrelated to real estate.  My question is can I obtain my f...

Hi there,
I was recently looking at an FHA owner occupied mortgage for 1-4 units.   My lender said that we could count 75% of the rental income towards income towards my debt to income ratio.
However, I recently cam...