I'm currently searching for our first investment which is proving difficult as a Cali resident who is looking to invest out of state. Out of state being my old home state in the south so I'm not completely ignorant to...

Tenants in our townhome reported that their garage door was hit & damaged. It's clearly dented and broke hinges, so not fixable and needs to be replaced. However, they claim no knowledge of how it happened and do...

I've been on vacation for a while so excuse my ignorance if I'm missing something.

Is the 'influence points' still awarding those who post bulletins? What about those bulletins who get voted up?

Lastly, if that pe...

Want to evict a tenant? Remove their toilet!

See this story from USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2009-01-23-landlord-toilet_N.htm

:cool:

I made 2 offers on Bank REO properties the agent I'm working with is telling me that I have to make a higher offer because my offers are coming in under 50% and the bank is going to ignore them. Can he do this?

I am an Agent in South Florida. I have a Buyer who made an offer on an REO Property.
Originally the property was listed at $49,900, my buyer offered $51,900 (All Cash). Being an REO I knew it shouldn't take more tha...

I am of the opinion that multi-family(MF) building values are set to decrease over the next five years. Here is my reasoning:

1) MF are sold based on Cash on cash return. When interest rates return to their normal ...

I found out that unpaid water bills in my county are lienable.

To prevent something like this from ever happening, would it be a better strategy to: 1) have tenant put water in their name, check monthly whether the a...

An elderly couple with a profoundly disabled adult son and adult daughter )care-giver) are being harassed by the next door tenant. They've owned the home for nearly 20 years and don't have trouble with any other ne...

Hello all,

I'm hoping to pick your brains about some things I don't understand when researching foreclosures, particularly county foreclosure auctions.

What I *think* I understand so far is that typically the bank ...