My partner and I currently reside in San Francisco. While I work full-time, he manages the building in which we live. It is owned by his father who lives permanently in Prague. 
We have one sub-tenant that has lived ...

I have rental applicant who is self-employed. He works as a freelance blog writer. I am not sure in the stability of this career. Anyone has any thoughts? Thanks!

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I've come across many individuals that have short sales. The problem is that the seller of the homes have contracts with realtors. What are some of the pointers that have worked to convince a selle...

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I reside in the East Coast and was just presented with an opportunity which would require me to move to the West Coast. I own a duplex with my brother that we both occupy. I am going to have to rent out...

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Just like to get the ball rolling on how some of you found your first realtor to work with to send you listings in your area?

From my understanding some firms are more "investor" friendly than oth...

So I have been testing out a few different apps to sign contracts using the iPad. I love that I can sign docs and immediately email back without having to print out the document, sign it and scan/fax back. My favorite...

Hello! Let's assume a person named Investor X has $100k exactly in a 401k and wants to begin buying homes.

I'm assuming step 1 would be for Investor X to roll over his 401k to a self directed IRA, but what's ...

Wanted to share my short sale experience. I am a buyer that just closed on a place in Brooklyn, NY. We made an offer on an apartment coop we liked. It wasn’t until our lawyer’s review of the contract rider that ...

I have heard folks say on several different occasions that they submit a repair cost estimate with their offer. How do you typically go about this? Do you think it helps to show the seller that you have done your du...

Sorry if this is a duplicate of an already posted issue or if this is a bad place to throw the request but I couldn't find anything. We're using SmartMove for the first time with our first rental- the prospective tena...