Long story short:

- This guy, call him "Yao", bought a house for $400k a few years ago
- For whatever reason he wants to get out from under the mortgage but he's been making all his payments. His credit history is b...

Hello,I'm going to purchase in full my next property essentially with cash (HELOC funds already available).If I find the property myself, what benefit does having a realtor on my side provide?Thank you.

I have a strict no pet policy, but lately prospective tenants have been saying "but my dog is a service animal." Is there a legal definition in my state of Michigan of a service dog?  I don't think I can even ask a pr...

I generally pride myself on choosing very good applicants but this one didn't sit well with me when signing the lease and I didn't have the greatest gut feelingLike the title says, these tenants were very qualified. T...

I placed my first rental property on Craigslist 3 days ago and 10 responded so far and are interested. Here is my plan, followed by a few questions, what do you advise? 
 I have telephone screened a few and weeded ou...

I am a landlord for a couple duplexes. Been doing this for about 10 years. My property management just put in a tenant in side A of one of the duplexes. I have a no animal policy (unless it's service animal which is r...

I have been noticing there are a lot of posts asking about can I discriminate against this or that.  I always thought of tenant screening as a job interview and I am the employer.  I would phone screen them, if they m...

Hello all,I am currently analyzing properties for my first STR in TN. I am very interested to try and optimize as much as possible especially since I will be remote with this property. I plan to have a local propert...

My husband and I just finished up the renovation of our first investment property, which we'll be using as a rental.  Our dilemma is choosing between two couples we met today.  Please help us!!!  Keep in mind, this ho...

How would you invest in your first rental property if you had $10K? I am going to get a personal loan so that I can get started. I want to buy and hold. I live in MA. I could house-hack first and do it through FHA and...