I'm contemplating the purchase of a property. I did a walk through and noticed mold all over the ceiling in the bathroom. The window also had some mold. I'm guessing the mold is from poor ventilation and/or a roof lea...
If you're an investor looking for potential opportunities to break into or expand your investing in L.A., recent earthquake retrofitting legislation may open doors for you!February marks the beginning of a shake-up in...
In June I purchased my first investment property through Auction.com (yay!) never knowing how truly difficult it would be to evict the previous owner (boo!). I have a lawyer friend (that doesn't specialize in real est...
Hey so I own a 3 family house, I ended up doing the house hacking strategy. I rent out 2nd floor for 1000 and 3rd for 950. Taxes just increased very high I use to pay 2200 for mortgage and now I am paying 2500 , Iam n...
We inherited a long-time tenant at our quadplex, which we purchased last year. At the time this tenant was our paid groundskeeper and ran a lawn business of his own. He pays for an extra garage stall and thus is all...
After 2 years of relative calm, this tenant falls behind in her rent, and my questions are answered sarcastically, or not at all. I sent a Notice to Pay, and a Notice to Quit to the tenant, and I was in the process o...
I was looking this up in previous forum posts and noticed we haven't gotten a good response in years to this question. However as a real estate investor and entrepreneur my businesses will be requiring me to travel a...
I was born and raised in the beautiful island of Puerto Rico. At age 17 I joined the Army Reserves and after completing two years of college I decided to become an active duty Soldier. Soon after arriving to my first ...
I always considered Zillow estimates to be a joke very unreliable but I’m noticing a change for the better. About quarterly I get updates from Zillow and Redfin for the property values for property I own and I’m notic...
If I begin to charge a pet fee and pet rent to tenants who want pets do I need to charge my tenants that already have pets?