Hi everyone!
I'm Ray, born in the Toronto area but raised in Montreal. I'm a CPA by trade, working full time in a multinational corporation. I've always had a keen interest in Real Estate, particularly multi-plex hom...

I live in Washington DC. I want to rent out my home and purchase a second home. My goal is to accumulate Cash Flow (it's an ambitious number) over time and after 5 years take that Cash Flow and invest in something big...

Can I ask a tenant to leave immediately for emergency repairs or if I am unable to make the repairs and want the house left vacant?  If they don't leave can I lock them out. They have not paid rent.  The property is i...

So I was watching a presentation by Kevane Grant Thornton last night on Act 20. My understanding is that Act 20 has recently been amended by the law makers to eliminate the 5 employee requirement to attract more small...

I have a number of rental properties mostly single family/duplex.  I typically charge one months rent for a security deposit.  Recently I charged two months because the person was self employed and verifying the incom...

Hi, I am recently facing a possible short sale, the property is about 35,000 under the water and one thing a firm I talked to told me that if the bank accepts the offer and the short sale goes through, that that I wou...

The California Department of Justice, in conjunction with the California Department of Housing and Community Development, is investigating the charging of this fee. They are looking to find out what cities force ADU a...

Salutations, I'm curious if anyone is crushing it in a rent control market with MFU (duplex, triplex, quadplex, etc).  Rent caps and just cause ordinances make it intimidating to enter markets where these restrictions...

I was trying to help my niece out by allowing her to rent my rental home. Things were good between us. She moved in a week ago and still has things at her old apartment. I didn’t have a lease signed because I’m new to...

The government shutdown, the proverbial “psyche!” by legislators, certainly caused a stir among private money and hard money lenders. With so many government-backed loans in limbo, many borrowers made a last ditch ...