I know people often refinance from a 30 year to a 15 if they can get a competitive rate that does not dramatically increase the monthly payment. I am looking at doing the opposite. I bought a property  (my first) with...

Hi,  Is it legal to pass the landlord's utilities to the tenant.  Let's say a tenant stays rent free and pays the utilities instead.  Both the landlord and tenant lives in the same home.  The name of the utilities are...

Any Lenders here or can anyone recommend a lender that will allow a cash out refi on an investment property with about 50% equity. Property has been consistently rented for over 5 years, looking to to refi based on re...

Just got a question from a prospective tenant and wanted to know what you think. He's a college student and receives his student loans in August and January, so he wanted to know if he could pay four months' rent at a...

I have a renter that wants to buy a house someday but has poor credit. She and her boyfriend have been wonderful renters and have asked is there is anyway that their rent payments can help their credit. I didn't think...

Currently 1/3'rd owner in 4 LLCs that each hold a separate single family residence rental.  The 4 LLCs are subsidiary LLCs to a parent LLC. If we sell one of the houses is that considered a distribution and we have to...

Hi everyone, I'm new to the real estate investing and I'm wanting to better understand the TREC contract that we have here in Austin. I still cannot wrap my mind on how it works and was looking for an example.

My bid on a Michigan HUD home was accepted on the 16th of April. The paper work & earnest money was sent in the allotted 48hr time frame. This house sits in area plagued copper plumbing thefts.

I'm really gettin...

I have a four unit with steam boiler where all the old (asbestos or horsehair)_ insulation was stripped. Now it's "naked" and needs to be re insulated. What do people generally do in this case? buy replacement jacket?...

Hi everyone,

I just stumbled across this site the other day. I was very impressed by the information and community here and decided to join. I am currently working as a Junior Broker in Arizona for NAI Horizo...