Just got a call from a tenant parent and the January electric heat bill was $1100.  In past years the highest it went was $800.   The heat is all electric baseboard with one room with under floor heating on slab and o...

The other day I was helping my brother-in-law pick up some furniture and I got to talking with the woman he was buying it from. The woman said she was a property manager and real estate agent so I told her that I had ...

Hi all,I'm a 19 year old and have been wanting to get into real estate, specifically renting a property and putting it on airbnb to get cash flow, however I been seeing around that airbnb isn't what it used to be.  Pe...

Is there a way for the tenants to pay rent at a store? A couple of my tenants don't have computers and can't pay online. I will not go to the property and physically collect rent and really don't prefer mailed checks ...

I've listened to many of the podcasts on this site. Many recommend that a buy and hold investor should start by managing his/her own properties.  I was wondering if anyone could tell me what they have gained by managi...

Hi all!This is my first time posting something here. I'm kind a newbie. I bought my first and only rental 2 years ago in Cleveland (I live in CA). The former PM found a tenant quickly. They left in December (without p...

Hi everyone!Some quick background info on me. I've been involved with REI since I was a child through my dad. He's a very successful real estate developer here in California and over the past 20 years, he's developed ...

my tenant completely trashed my place, deposit will not even cover the junk removal service I called my insurance (USAA) the adjuster showed up and was very helpful : turns out Trashing the place is not covered BUT (b...

Over the past few months I've become aware of Fund & Grow as a financing option (I heard about it on the Clayton Morris podcast), and I was really intrigued by it.  Their promise: You give us $3K up front, we'll g...

Hi All,I was wondering are you still using the 1% rule when doing quick and dirty new deal analysis? Is anyone out there still able to achieve the 1% rule and in which markets?Recently I noticed I get to 0.7 or 0.8% a...