Landlord/Tenant

Lease Purchase, Rent to Own

Buyer Help

Rent to own and lease-purchase agreements are cropping up in the Greater Phoenix real estate world these days. They’re a natural result of the continuing tight credit market. Lease-purchase and rent to own are essentially the same things.  A lease with a purchase option is almost the same, just with more complicated legalese thrown in [...]

11 September 2010 Read the full article →

Tip for New Real Estate Investors

Real Estate Investing

Falling prices and historically low mortgage rates are bringing a flood of new real estate investors into the metro Phoenix market. It’s fairly easy in many parts of the Valley to buy a small house, put a renter in it and realize a positive monthly cash flow immediately. Here’s a very brief tip for all [...]

9 September 2009 Read the full article →

New Rental Scam

In The News

Head’s up, there’s a new scam in the landlord / tenant world. Funnily enough it involves Nigerians emailing you to send them money overseas. Fredericksburg, VA Realtor Sarah Stelmok found her own house (which she was living in at the time) listed online as a rental. She did a little digging, chronicled it on her [...]

8 August 2009 Read the full article →