I purchased a property with existing tenants. Currently, each of them puts their rent in a dropbox. We changed this method to an online system. All of our tenants have signed up except one, who refuses to use the syst...

So I've realized that I am one of "those people". Lazy. Motivated but I don't follow through. Disorganized, so my life is full of crises that show up due to my poor planning. Self-important, so I have a hard time dele...

 I am comparing between buying rental properties or investing in REITs/real estate ETFs. From my understanding rental properties are better to invest in most ways financially. My specific situation is that I work in F...

Happy New Year Everyone!I trust you had a wonderful New Year's Eve and thoroughly enjoying their New years Day. I am wondering if anyone is investing in C-Class neighborhoods in Indianapolis? In particular, I am curio...

Real Estate is certainly a great vehicle to invest because of the various tax benefits associated with it. However, if you invest with pre-tax money, some of those rules may not apply, for example depreciation tax wri...

As both the title and description say, I'm about to be a senior in Wisconsin, through the help of a family member I realized how great REI can be. I'm thinking of going to a community college, as to avoid large amount...

I just love when tenants get all hostile when it's time to move out and their security deposit is on the line.
Would you charge for carpet cleaning in this case?
Tenant lived in the house for 4 whole years. I know t...

Hi Everybody,

I own a small building with 5 units and I pay all the utilities except electricity. The gas bill increased over the winter but doubled for the month of February. I suspect some of the tenants (I had som...

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I am just trying to find out how many of you had a formal/informal mentor when you first started out? Or you were someone who read a lots and lots of books and spent time on forums like these to bridge the...

I'm already attending school for a major of real estate, I'd like to add a second major (which I know you all would not recommend getting a degree in real estate at all necessarily to do this line of work), but if you...