I've seen landlords live in blissful ignorance for 5-10 years due to dumb luck, then their world comes crashing down and they lose everything.I have a book, there are some in the BP bookstore, or you can check out one of my personal favorites, Every Landlord's Legal Guide by NOLO.

We are the owner and landlord of the properties, not the operators.

My attorney told me in 30 yrs he has never seen bank enact due on sale clause but he has seen multiple landlords get sued without LLC protection.  

Even though landlord-tenant laws are horrible for landlords, which translates into more risk and a higher cost of doing business, resulting in higher rents, which is where we come full circle..Glad to see a little common sense come back with the new prop36 smash&grab laws

@Samuel Coronado, @Elan Adler  Entire subdivisions of build to rent put more pressure on local landlords because the big institutional investors can afford to buy tenants with low rents and free initial rent period.

You just go through the property notifications and file a landlord/tenant complain (or whatever its called in your state) to initiate the eviction process.

.: It's not an issue IF their lease is scheduled to expire.My personal practice: when a tenant submits an application, I let them know I intend to contact their former landlords.

New landlord question- if I have an individual who wants to rent my place for their parent - who do I have fill out the application?  

There seems like a new management change a few months ago in 9/2024, then there have been always delaying on disbursement of rental deposit to us as landlords, we have been calling, email or online text messages, but so far no response which is already the 6th of the month, this month we have close to $50K rental income already submitted to Appfolio however just $6000 deposited to our account today. 

Along with driving for dollars, you might explore networking with local property managers—they often know distressed properties or landlords looking to sell.