Hey BP,I have been making tons of phone calls with local banks, over 15 now and have yet to run into someone that is lending non-conventional residential non-owner occupied "portfolio loans".  I did run into a guy tha...

I found this article today on chase.com that provides 6 nice charts that indicate that the housing market has recovered from the recession. The basic highlights are that house sales are up, house prices are back to th...

In light of all the recent threads about COVID-19, worrying about tenants not being able to pay rent, legislation that seems to screw over landlords month after month, and ethical dilemmas about where it is our obliga...

Hey guys, wanted your take on something. My neighbor next door is asking to split the cost of converting a wood fence to cylinder blocks due to my tenant hosing down the yard due to pets waste and water sloping into h...

This is a bit of a rant, but I had to get it off my chest.California, following in the footsteps of Oregon, once again is acting with emotion and without reason or a sense of how economics works by passing a cap on re...

Here is a question that was posed to me by an old friend recently. He is attempting to do some joint venture or syndication type transactions. In our conversation, I mentioned to him that I am aware of private individ...

All of our rental agreements are month to month. To incentivize people to stay longer, we charge a move in fee that can be added forwards the refundable deposit if they stay over a year. Example: rent is $1000, move i...

Hi,A turnkey company is pushing me into immediate action. I never bought a turnkey. I checked the prices of houses on the street my future property will be and all prices are 10 or 15 thousand less than the property I...

Hi all, I am thinking of trying the lease-to-rent business model as advertised by Brian Page and I had a tax question. Can you deduce the amount you pay as rent as a business expense? So say I rent the property for $1...

Could use some assistance with understanding financing:I am looking to understand how a short term home equity loan would work...I recently went to the bank to ask about it, but want to understand the numbers. I own a...