Hi All,I'm curious how people are continuing to justify buy-and-hold investments in Illinois suburbs with the current state of property taxes. I've got my eye one pretty inexpensive property which is listed at $80K, w...

I was born and raised in San Francisco and as we all know, this city is changing big time. My wife and I felt fortunate that we were able to buy a home here in 2016 despite the astronomical cost. Our children know not...

We just completed one of the more important guides for landlords and I thought it important that we make it visible here on the forums. These are both MUST-READS!

Tenant Screening: The Ultimate Guide
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I am a rehabber dealing mostly with REO properties and I am having a miserable time finding deals.  I am up here in New England (northern MA/southern NH) and for the past 6-8 months the prices on REO properties have i...

Hi all, I am not new to investing but I am new to RE investing. The majority of my money is in Stocks and I'm looking to move some of my funds over to RE. I'm not looking to get rich or replace a W2, but I am looking ...

I’m struggling to wrap my head around the reality of negative cash flow. I’ve been exploring multi-family properties for house hacking in both the Philadelphia and Boston areas for several months, focusing on the chea...

I didn't want to derail the other interesting conversation about credit scores, so thought I'd pose this as a separate question.When I was renting to mainly techies and students, they often had no credit at all.  Ofte...

Hi, I've been searching for an investment property in Branson and other areas. However, I couldn't find one that offers a good return in terms of cap rate and cash-on-cash (CoC) — the prices of homes are very high. I'...

Experts, I am looking for some pointers which areas to target for my 2nd rental property. I am based out of California.$$ Range = max 250kDown payment = max 25%Goal = Positive cash flowBelow are the areas i have done ...

OK so we bought our 1st rental property...  spent about 10 months of hard work and sweat to completely gut it and put it back into great shape on our own.  Got our tenant and she had a good background check, a job, pr...