I'm surprised I haven't seen this posted yet. I just came across this last night.

In April it will be illegal to work on your own house. Anyone doing work on properties built before 1978 have to n...

Hello everyone,I just wanted to share some of the difficulties I am encountering in obtaining home insurance estimates. I've e-mailed about 10 different insurance agents last Sunday and only 1 got back to me. She prom...

…and so the fun begins. :-/I just had a formal inspection done today on what’s supposed to be my first rehab, a Fannie Mae REO.Lo & behold, the inspector found evidence of a buried oil tank underneath the deck (th...

Our home (of 25 years) was foreclosed on 3 months ago. Since then we've gotten DAILY phone calls from potential buyers wanting info on the property (like where the septic is located and structual questions). Today we...

Hello,We will close on my new house a month from now. However, we will like to keep and rent our townhouse. We currently live in Holly Spring, NC area. We were thinking on covering the HOA and pest control to the leas...

Heres the deal...4 plex, rents or 1740/mExpenses are 40 for electric, 35 for trash, mowing/snow- 150 for a total of 225PITI - 850Vacancy/PM/Capex/Maintenance-556total expense =1631this seems to be one of the better de...

...should i fix? I feel that this component is a liability to have in a fridge IN a rental (single family in an intact, transitional neighbourhood). I am thinking that I'll see about fixing if it's reasonable, but if ...

Hi everyone,
Looking for some advice on getting a problem tenant out of my Georgia rental asap when I have a federally backed loan and under the eviction ban for rentals at the moment.
The violations include the f...

I'm currently interested in purchasing a duplex that returns moderate numbers as a residence.  However, it's zoned commercial and I'm wondering what I should do to take advantage of that (highest and best use)?  Would...

when calculating your ROI on a rental property - do you eliminate the principal portion of your mortgage payment since you are essentially paying yourself?

For example:

Purchase Price: $174,000
Mortgag...