Do you guys take photos and document the condition of your rentals when a tenant moves in and also moves out? If so, why or why not? 
Do you allow the tenants to see those photos if they ask or dispute a charge when ...

There are so many challenges when trying to achieve something as difficult as starting your own real estate business and making it successful I often find myself seeking some help/guidance on an on-going basis.

I oft...

How important is a landlord reference to you when screening tenants? How much do you value it compared to a credit report, income verification, background check?Have you found landlord references to be very helpful fo...

Anyone got any ideas.  Trying to help a family.Tampa FloridaMarch 20, 1998 a 50-year old and her husband (and mother?) get a private mortgage from a "friend" (daughters boyfriend) with friend's father and mother as mo...

Hello BP,I was reading over some info and came across this link regarding adverse possession. http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-state...Most states have a decade or more timeframe. However there are a few s...

My wife and I will be stationed in Washington next year. We currently own a house in Charleston, SC and we were thinking about selling it. However I've been hearing a lot about real estate investing and renting our pr...

Hello,I've read a ton of investing books but never really got an answer on the best order to start investing.  I want to put a buy and hold rental property in an LLC.  Is this a good order before I start to make offer...

Hi,I have a property in a different state that I trusted the PM company to take good care of. After two years, I've received 30 maintenance requests from the tenants, which seems like a lot. The PM company happily dis...

For the single and multi SFR owners,

How do you handle your cash flow? Do you do per property, then overall? Do you use a program (ie quicken?), or stick to the simplest of simples and use excel?

Does anyone have ...

My wife and I are looking to do a 1031 exchange on a property we have in escrow. We stand to net approximately $1.5M in profit, and we are looking to roll it into a long term investment. Ideally, we would like to ...