Earlier this year I wrote about how rental rates will skyrocket in the coming years. Renters have already had significant increases over the last 5 years and so many people think that the only cause of increasing rents is Landlord greed. Many non renters also think rents are too high, …
Section 8 is the name of the HUD program that gives rent payment vouchers to low income tenants across the country. The tenant’s portion of the rent is on a sliding scale based on their income and in many cases is $0 per month. There are several problems with the …
This fall I planned to buy my childhood home at the tax auction. This plan did not work out and I ended up losing the auction to the next highest bidder, who won with a bid $1,500 above mine. In the moment I was bummed, however I am really thankful …
We bought a house in our neighborhood last year, with the intent to turn it into a short term rental. Long term the idea would be to sell the property to one of our children so that they would be able to live in the same neighborhood they grew up …