25 state guides
Buy your first rental, state by state
Landlord-tenant laws, eviction timelines, property taxes, and the best beginner markets in each state. Educational guides for investors nationwide.
- Step 1 How to Buy Your First Rental in Texas A beginner's guide to your first Texas rental: no state income tax, high property taxes, a fast eviction process, and the metros where first-time investors actually start. Read →
- Step 3 How to Buy Your First Rental in Florida A beginner's guide to your first Florida rental: no state income tax, moderate property taxes, a relatively fast eviction, and the metros where new investors actually start. Read →
- Step 4 How to Buy Your First Rental in Georgia A beginner's guide to your first Georgia rental: a flat state income tax, low property taxes, a fast dispossessory eviction, and the metros where new investors start. Read →
- Step 5 How to Buy Your First Rental in North Carolina A beginner's guide to your first North Carolina rental: a low flat income tax, low property taxes, a fast summary-ejectment eviction, and the metros new investors start in. Read →
- Step 6 How to Buy Your First Rental in South Carolina A beginner's guide to your first South Carolina rental: a falling income tax, a higher rental assessment ratio, a fast eviction, and the Upstate metros new investors start in. Read →
- Step 7 How to Buy Your First Rental in Tennessee A beginner's guide to your first Tennessee rental: no state income tax on wages, low property taxes, a quick detainer-warrant eviction, and the metros first-timers actually start in. Read →
- Step 8 How to Buy Your First Rental in Alabama A beginner's guide to your first Alabama rental: the nation's lowest property taxes, a fast seven-day eviction notice, deposit rules, and the metros first-timers actually start in. Read →
- Step 9 How to Buy Your First Rental in Ohio A beginner's guide to your first Ohio rental: classic Rust Belt cash flow, a fast three-day eviction notice, deposit rules, and the metros first-timers actually start in. Read →
- Step 10 How to Buy Your First Rental in Indiana A beginner's guide to your first Indiana rental: a low flat income tax, capped property taxes, a fast ten-day eviction notice, deposit rules, and the metros first-timers start in. Read →
- Step 11 How to Buy Your First Rental in Michigan A beginner's guide to your first Michigan rental: a 4.25% flat income tax plus city taxes, high effective property taxes, eviction timelines, and where to start. Read →
- Step 12 How to Buy Your First Rental in Pennsylvania A beginner's guide to your first Pennsylvania rental: a 3.07% flat income tax, escrow rules for deposits, the 10-day notice, eviction timelines, and where to start. Read →
- Step 13 How to Buy Your First Rental in Missouri A beginner's guide to your first Missouri rental: a top 4.7% income tax, low property taxes, the 10-day rent-and-possession process, and where Kansas City and St. Louis pay off. Read →
- Step 14 How to Buy Your First Rental in Oklahoma A beginner's guide to your first Oklahoma rental: a top 4.75% income tax, low property taxes, a fast 5-day notice and eviction, and where Oklahoma City and Tulsa pay off. Read →
- Step 15 How to Buy Your First Rental in Kentucky A beginner's guide to your first Kentucky rental: a falling flat income tax, low property taxes, the URLTA county quirk, eviction timelines, and where to start. Read →
- Step 16 How to Buy Your First Rental in Arkansas A beginner's guide to your first Arkansas rental: low prices, a falling flat income tax, the nation's most landlord-favorable laws, eviction steps, and where to start. Read →
- Step 17 How to Buy Your First Rental in Mississippi A beginner's guide to your first Mississippi rental: the nation's lowest property taxes, an income tax being phased out, eviction steps, and where to start. Read →
- Step 18 How to Buy Your First Rental in Louisiana A beginner's guide to your first Louisiana rental: a low flat income tax, low property taxes, a fast civil-law eviction, the insurance crunch, and where to start. Read →
- Step 19 How to Buy Your First Rental in West Virginia A beginner's guide to your first West Virginia rental: very low prices, one of the lowest property-tax rates in the country, and the metros where new investors start. Read →
- Step 20 How to Buy Your First Rental in Kansas A beginner's guide to your first Kansas rental: affordable Midwest prices, mid-range property taxes, a clear eviction process, and the metros new investors start in. Read →
- Step 21 How to Buy Your First Rental in Iowa A beginner's guide to your first Iowa rental: a flat 3.8% income tax, mid-to-high property taxes, a fast eviction process, and the metros new investors start in. Read →
- Step 22 How to Buy Your First Rental in Nebraska A beginner's guide to your first Nebraska rental: a falling flat income tax, high property taxes, a fast eviction process, and the metros new investors start in. Read →
- Step 23 How to Buy Your First Rental in New Mexico A beginner's guide to your first New Mexico rental: low property taxes, modest income tax, a 3-day eviction notice, and the affordable metros where first-timers start. Read →
- Step 24 How to Buy Your First Rental in Idaho A beginner's guide to your first Idaho rental: low property taxes, a flat income tax, a fast 3-day eviction notice, and the appreciation-vs-cash-flow reality in Boise. Read →
- Step 25 How to Buy Your First Rental in Utah A beginner's guide to your first Utah rental: very low property taxes, a 4.5% flat income tax, a fast 3-day eviction notice, and the appreciation-heavy Salt Lake market. Read →
- Step 26 How to Buy Your First Rental in Arizona A beginner's guide to your first Arizona rental: a 2.5% flat income tax, low property taxes, no rent control, a 5-day eviction notice, and rising heat-driven insurance costs. Read →