I closed on a fourplex in early June and just received the water bill and it's $711.40 for the period of June 5th to July 20th. This threw my math off. How can I get this under control??? Is this expected? I have a du...

Hi everyone,Starting in May I'll be able to contribute to my day job's 401k; up to 3% will be fully matched and then 50 cents for the next 2% (I plan to fully max out).  I will become fully vested I believe too.  I do...

I am working on a second graduate degree right now and I find myself constantly saying to my wife that "school is getting in the way of my learning!"  I have found so much more value in my self-studies via reading boo...

This afternoon, I'll be heading to a closing on the sale of the first rental property I bought almost 5 years ago, in November 2014.
Here is a post where I was trying to figure out whether or not to buy the property,...

I am suprised that no one took Josh up on his offer of making a suggestion and starting a topic for this on the open forum.

My post to his Blog was as follows and any and all comments (good or bad) are welcome.

The ...

It seems that many landlords go to the unit to pick up rent. Is this to check on the property? Does anyone have the tenant just mail the rent?

What would one look for to identify an emerging market, either for commercial or residential investment? I'm talking about areas that haven't yet started to boom and the price hasn't started to go up. I know this isn'...

I have a three-unit property, and the family in the main house has a well-behaved male dachshund. Now they want to get a female to keep the male company--and they want to breed and "find good homes for" the puppies. ...

So I've done residential real estate deals and seen some success. I work in construction, have done a lot of my own work and am a Civil Engineer by trade. In my hunt for another rental deal I stumbled upon an old ware...

This is hopefully not as complicated as it might sound, but was wondering if any of the great minds on this forum have thoughts on best strategy for current situation.My husband's parents are fortunate enough to own t...