Section 8 sounds like a good way to go for rental properties, since the rent checks come from the government. So how do you set up a unit for Section 8? Do you have to register it or have it inspected? Are there any d...

I am looking for creative ways to help a family member evict a very problematic and manipulative tenant in Florida. Tenant received a $30,000 loan from landlord and hasn't made a payment on that in at least a year. Te...

I have a prospective buyer interested in a Lease-Option on my property but we're having a hard time coming to terms due to differing goals. He wants to keep payments down and have a long purchase period. I of course w...

Just received a newsletter from my estate planning firm with the following info. First time I hear of this. If true, this has substantial impact on how we work with our IRAs and something to consider when nudging...

Hello everyone!My name is Jade Stobbe and I am a 31-year-old captain and physician in the Air Force. I'm from Portland, Oregon originally and have lived all over the country. I purchased my first single family home in...

CONTEXT-(30k in credit card debt, split between 4 cards, mostly in charged off status)
(one vehicle loan that was charged off, is now caught up to current, not paid off, 50k original loan amount)
(some card companie...

Ive been trying to research the pros and cons of each. It is really confusing.I spoke with my lawyer, and he suggests putting my rental property into a trust.My goal is to buy and hold very long term (sell when it mak...

If policies like the Community Reinvestment Act are still active are we bound to repeat the 2008 crash?

HELP!!  So I have a tenant who let someone stay with him, but did not tell me about the person staying beyond the terms of the lease - 2 weeks.  It turns out that person is ready to play the system and when I went to ...

Have any landlords out there successfully executed any strategies for removing non-paying tenants aside from eviction?We just tried offering cash for keys for the first time and that worked to get the tenants out quic...