I am about to become a first time landlord, on June 1...Til now, in my very short investing experience, I have only dealt with PM's and never directly with tenants. But I am willing to give it a try bc the place is a ...

How many times a month do you have to fix something in 4 Unit apartment building? Do you come on every tenant request to fix a problem or you set up certain times of the week or month or day to come and solve it?We li...

BP,I need a little advice. I have an 8 unit property that I would say is in a B class location. I also own an 8 unit on the street behind it (It shares the same backyard). Therefore, in the future, If I ever did want ...

Great news, I just confirmed my first vacation rental and they'll be staying for one month! What are the differences when dealing with longer stay STRs? For instance, do I ask this person to take out the trash on tras...

Hello All!  I'm a relative newbie to Nashville, TN. (moved down in my camper over a year ago and recently bought a place in East Nashville)  I love it here and plan to stay long term.  I've been researching and learni...

Our company recently held a free educational seminar on real estate investing. After the seminar was over an older retired couple came up to me and asked me if what they were told in the seminar was true. I talked wit...

So I'm looking into buying this rental property that just came on the market by a University. It is a 3 BR 3 BATH apartment Unit and the market is hot for these here and they sell quickly so I did my analysis, include...

Just can't help myself on this one. Article out of Chicago today and front page here in Ft Myers . Fl. You've probably noticed all the fat kids walking around these days. I know why!! Food stamps.
12% of kids in my...

I'm trying to reframe the question from too much of the gloom and doom talk, and looking for an informal poll about the way forward. My belief is that anyone analyzing their market needs to look slightly to the future...

I have had a number of people look at a current rental and the ones that apply have been rejected so far. They are really borderline candidates, not terrible but with a couple of items put together smoker no rental...