I inherited tenants at a duplex I bought in February. Both units had low income racial minority families with school-aged children. (Race is relevant because I'm white, and there's a well-publicized issue in Portland...
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Hello all, very interested beginner here. I’ve started self educating on real estate investing with the goal to take action later this year or beginning of 2024. Specifically looking in the state of Wisconsin (Madison...
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I am curious how the landlords on this site will handle tenants whose jobs are going to be impacted by all the conventions being cancelled and hotel rooms being cancelled and flights being cancelled etc etc. We know o...
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Just got off the phone with my attorney hoping to get some news about the backlog of evictions - we discussed a proposal a judge is putting forth to require proof of rental compliance before being eligible to file ANY...
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Hey everyone,
I wanted to reach out to the community to ask for your thoughts and strategies on how to legally deny "fake ESA's." As ESA's become more and more popular, it seems like many people are taking advantag...
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Good morning from Chicago,I am an owner/occupant of a Tri-plex.I'm a 26 year old kid and this is my first property and first year as a landlord. So far so good and a really positive experience up until my first hiccup...
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I know I want to focus on multi family buy and hold but I have not made a purchase yet. I plan to purchase a few this year to get my feet wet and find out a good cycle of dealing with tenants. I plan to do my property...
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Hello everyone , My name is Gabriel I live in the Pittsburgh area Im really excited about starting my Real Estate business I've been reading so many books and researching tones of Real Estate information . Im ...
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Hey everyone. First post asking for advice. =) Purchased a duplex for 90K on a land contract in August. About to close on it Friday the 26th and buy out the sellers mortgage with my own. His mortgage was 140, so I wil...
Is it ever wise to buy real estate cash and have no mortgage? i thought putting the least amount of down and having leverage is the smarter move?