The Art of Picking a Good Tenant

Hi all,I recently purchased a 2 family property, and one of the units was occupied by tenants who have been there around 10 years, and have always paid the rent on time. They were on an annual lease all years prior, b...

I get a lot of questions about housing vouchers and how you determine rent amount allowed.
Each housing authority (HA) provides a voucher amount determined by bedroom and some further define it by zip code or city w...

Do you get pictures from your cleaners after every stay? I currently pay a premium price for my turnovers for a local cleaning company that specializes in STRs. They are there on time reliably, do a good job managing ...

S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller recently released their National Home Price NSA Index which showed that home prices rose at 5.8% annually in March, representing a 33-month high. Their 10-City Composite posted a 5.2% a...

I bought a house in the Chicago northwest suburbs and need to rent it out. Market rent is $2,500-$3,000 per month. This is a house that I plan to move into 3-5 years from now, but need to rent it out in the meantime. ...

We expect to close in a couple weeks on our 2nd flip, a 2400 sqft 3/3 Townhome in Tampa.    We purchased this via the MLS from the original owner of this 2009 built home for $115K.   Yes 2009...conventional wisdom wou...

Helloit is my understanding that traditionally when you sell your property you can use the 1031 exchange to defer the taxes on the capital gains from the sale. i know a little about that but i am interested to know if...

What type of taxes are typically charged on rental properties in Springfield, Missouri? Are there taxes other than a county real property tax? Is there a city tax? School tax? Anything else? I’m going to be investing ...

Hey BP,I've got some properties in Atlanta and some of the PM's i've approached charges for both the tenant placement (one month rent) plus the usual 8-10%.  Is this the norm in Atlanta?  One of the reasons given is b...