Hello EveryoneMy name is Mark and I am an MBA student at SMU in Dallas. Two friends of mine from the program are interested in investing in rental properties and have a particular strategy in mind, but I want feedback...

I'm finally settling on my first investment property next Thursday (though I've said that before with this property). It is an REO that I believe am getting a significant discount on.

When reviewing the paperwork wi...

I bought a performing note which has been plugging along with prompt payments.  However, I could use a chunk of cash more than monthly payments right now. Rather than sell the note, would it be unethical or illegal to...

I have a Colorado fourplex and met with both a city ROW agent and the project engineer at the property as they need to replace a 60 year old street drainage pipe that runs along the easement at the east edge of the ...

'Tis the season for CPA hunting. And every year there're dozens of repetitive threads on this forum asking/debating/complaining about the CPA charges. I will try to assemble all related questions in this one long post...

I've got two vacancies coming up in the next two months and as of right now I don't have any formal written tenant screening criteria. My price range tends to attract a decent number of tenants with bad histories (cri...

We rented a vacation rental property in the Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Diego from 1/16/16 - 4/16/16.  We paid a $2,500 deposit and $2,500/month for a total of $10,000.  Upon departure, we went through a walk-thro...

I am in the process of screening a potential tenant, he told me he had a felony from 15 years, he offered to explain but I didn't wanna push unless necessary. After doing a background check on him I found out he is re...

I just showed my vacant unit to a couple yesterday, who later emailed me and said they were seriously interested and wanted an application.
I sent the application yesterday, and just now he asked if they could see th...

I’ve been convinced that I may have to start out in Real Estate by Wholesaling properties. However I’m very paranoid about following the law to the “T”, especially knowing full well I have Attention Deficit Disorder (...