I am new to being a landlord.  My tenant is moving out.  She has been wrapping a hair tie around it and attaching it to the spout of the faucet.  This caused the drain to break.  It leaked for quite awhile and it caus...

A year ago from today, I bought my first house. It’s in a great neighborhood, upscale with golf courses. However it’s too expensive. If I were to rent it out to its market value, I would lose money every month from al...

How do you handle paying a property manager on a property that is rented to a Sec. 8 tenant? Example; I have a Single family rented at 800$ a month. 675$ is mailed to me from the county. Mangers are charging 8-10% of ...

Hello Everyone!
My name is Allie and I live in Miami FL. I'm hoping that someone will be able to answer my questions. The place that I'm renting recently went up for "Short Sale". I only found out cuz someone came ...

Please, I don't want to have to start worrying about our beaches all over again:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/02/louisiana.oil.platform.explosion/index.html?hpt=T1

I just put in an offer on a house that should be a good deal, but it's in a so-so neighborhood. One of the front windows has already been broken either by a kid's ball or someone trying to break in.

With an REO, if I...

I want to buy a quad and live in one of the units. The only problem is I have no money for a down payment, much less for closing costs. I've been through 2 very hard divorces and it's extremely hard to make ends mee...

I'm considering buying a portfolio of 7 SFHs, and the seller wants the transaction to make a 1031 exchange so he can buy something larger. Can I split the portfolio up into 7 transactions so I can get 7 individual con...

I’ve been having issues with a certain type of pipes that are in place for my rental property. We had our second leak in the house because of the type of pipes we have in place. I called a plumber and he took a look ...

I am 22 years old currently living in Fort Worth Tx renting a house. I am in a situation where I have to move out in 2-3 months and was thinking about buying a single family home, 3 bed 2 bath, close to TCU college. I...