I heard that it is better "dollar-for-dollar" value to buy older houses when looking to House Hack. I don't get this. The phrase "dollar for dollar" is a little confusing, and I don't know why one would prefer an olde...

Hi BP I received this text message below today from my tenant. Here is some info on the situation. Her lease has been over for 2yrs now so she is on a month to month lease. In her lease it stated she had access to the...

There are three issues around water utilities work that don't make that much sense to me. These issues are likely to get much worse due to the lack of investment of in water infrastructure and climate change in the co...

Hi All,New landlord here with a unique question. I own a SFH where my tenant had the electric turned off due to non payment. The property is located in Will County Illinois and the provider is ComEd.When ComEd came ou...

Looking for any insight on self-managing our STR. Right now we are debating between self managing or hiring a PM for this. Self-managing would put about $1500 per month back into our pockets. 4 bedroom 2 bath home in ...

Someone please help me, as I am worried if my furnace will cost me lot to fix. I always have to go from the same route so I always see my rental house and every time I pass, I see the door left open. I am not sure wha...

Hi all, I've had a few investment properties that were already set up for dual living pop up but have passed on them until I learn more. The one I liked the best was a 4/3 having a 3/2 upstairs and a 1/1 down in ...

We're live in our owner occupied 2 unit building, and are realizing the importance of attracting high quality tenants so we can co-exist peacefully and happily at our home.  We have been investing money heavily into t...

Greetings all;

I have an SFH in Milwaukee, WI and am not terribly happy with my current PM - which I may address in a separate post. L-S-S: he has been incredibly rude to me and has had work (not-urgent) done w/o m...

I just purchased a 12 unit bldg which has three corporate units. They pay between double and nearly three times market rent which is great - but LL pays for all utilities, furniture, etc.

I'm trying to brainstorm id...