All Forum Posts by: John Williams

My tenant's lease is coming to a close and I am relieved she will be moving soon.

She has been paying on time but has been extremely unpleasant and rude.

While the money does not smell my mental sanity is more important than money in this case.

She sent me a registered letter stating that she feels "unsafe because we have not done the fixes the way she wanted it".

She requests to have her witness for a walkthrough.

In my state a walkthrough is required but I am not about to grant it to her to bring any witnesses as that is not in my contract.

If she feels unsafe she does not have t be present.

I also do not treat a final walkthrough with a tenant as a final sign off.

This walkthrough does not include a detailed inspection of the plumbing and the appliances that will be done after she departs.

This is simply for the visible cosmetic issues and should take less than 1 hr.  

I will treat a witness as a trespasser.

I want to really emphasize that this lady is a major headache and may have mental issues.

It is possible she has been fired from her job as well. 

Also want to add that she had multiple violations such as having a dog with her while her contract states no pets and she was contacting repair facilities and acting as my agent or pretending to be a property owner and interfering with repair process. 

She has been sending complaints to the city and to the HOA board.

Of course these complaints do absolutely nothing because we are within our rights and following a contract.

She was complaining that we did not have the right to fix our own property since we are not licensed.

She thinks she owns the place and we are merely room service.

My tenant wants a refund of $175 for a lapse of 4 days without internet for the cost she incurred by using her mobile hotspot. The wifi was scheduled to be set up on the day of her move in but because of a strike at AT&T, they weren't able to come until several days later. The contract states that internet is included in her rent.

Am I actually obligated to cover the full amount? I’d like to help her out with a part of it, but the full $175 seems high. Any advice on handling this? 

Just having fun learning about real estate and trying to build a future for my grandchildren.

I am screening my first applications for my first rental property.

I have a young married couple who is looking to get their first apartment together to move out of their parents house. They are in their very early 20s they both are full-time employed, but the husband does not have any credit history at all. I know I can ask for a cosigner, but I’m wondering if I need to pull their credit too? For reference I’m using TurboTenant. 

We have a single family in Clarksville and we want to put the property in Section 8. If you have a great property manager that can handle section 8 please send me the referral. Much appreciated. Thanks!

 I don't plan on selling for 30+ years, buy and hold is the plan. That means 2-3 AC units in the amount of time we will own it.

I want to start investing in real estate, and I am going over all these books to see the type of strategy that I am going to follow. Right now, the one that has been catching my attention the most is the BRRRR method. Today, I own a single-family home where I am currently renting out one room. I am starting my real estate investing journey and have been hitting a wall with the type of entity that I should establish to start my business, such as an LLC.