Hey hey hey BiggerPocketeers.I'm doing a bit of research for an article for the BiggerPockets Blog.How do you collect rent? Checks, Venmo, other software (please name names) or something else entirely?Please let me kn...

More markets are creating "Good Cause Eviction" laws designed to protect tenants from unfair evictions. Essentially, the landlord can only evict if the tenant violates specific requirements.What do you think? Are they...

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I am new to this site and have been getting active on many threads and I see a common theme in the rental area - investors are managing their own property. I am wondering why so many investors are not usin...

I, like most of owners with more than a handful of leases, tend to put some sort of separation between the tenants and me.  With most properties, this separation, usually via a management company,  is desired to preve...

I'm reading Dave Van Horn's articleMaybe You Shouldn’t Start an Entity. Consider 4 Alternative Asset Protection Strategies Instead.And it got me curious. Almost everyone suggest getting an umbrella policy since it's r...

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Would love suggestions on this topic - my parents are getting to that age where their house (mortgage free) is getting to be too much for them. I'm their only ch...

This is an unusual situation, but I'll try to do my best describing it. I wasn't sure if it his question should go here or in Notes Forum.Seller and her husband sold on "Assignment for Deed" contract that is recorded ...

Hi Folks, I live in Tucson and have 2 rental properties I own and manage. A friend of mine owns 5 rentals in town and he lives in Payson--about a 3 hour drive so I look over his properties.
Originally the plan was tha...

I recently had someone tell me that you have to pay transfer taxes when you assign a contract. Is this true?

I've done contract assignments and have never paid any transfer tax. In my mind, there is no transfer of o...

Facing a difficult situation today. One of our landlords owns land for development which has become a favorite stomp for homeless people living in the woods. To add to the dilema, the hotel across the parking lot from...