A few days ago one of my management companies resigned with 30 days notice. However they also immediately locked me out of the "live" information on the Appfolio account  at the time of emailing me their intent to res...

So I recently bought a property early March of this year with plans to refinance after six months using my rental income as proof of income for the refinance but my bank won't let me refinance out of my current loan w...

After a couple of bad renters I've finally decided to sell the first house I bought. It doesn't fit my investment strategy and was not originally purchased with the intent to rent it. That being said, I'm a littl...

Background info: We currently own our house and a triplex in CA and 2 fourplexes in AZ, and we have some money saved up. We would like to get into the 5+ unit realm of investing, in another state. We plan to move...

My wife and I are considering creating a personal trust for ourselves that would hold all our assets, thus making it simpler to die. We're only about 30 years old, so hopefully that won't happen for a while, but yo...

I know about the 8 protected classes when screening tenants, but fell into a situation today I wasn't sure how to answer. I offered an apartment in the multifamily house I live in to a lady on the phone to come look ...

Hi everyone! My name is Riku and I am a 23 year old male from San Jose, California, but now reside in San Diego. I, like many others, am looking to start building my real estate portfolio and start racking in some pas...

I'm a wholesaler but want to get deeper into this situation before passing along to a buyer: Mom died June 2012 (last payment made). daughter is the heir. Records don't show foreclosure so "mom's" name is still on dee...

Welcome to winter.  The Northeastern Ohio (Cleveland & Lake Erie) winters can be somewhat harsh.  Today we are looking at 28 F, but by the first week of December, it can often dip into the teens, or even single di...

I have only been landlording for about two years now and have been lucky with tenants to this point.  However a tenant of mine that moved in in November hasn’t been late on his rent each of the first three months (exc...