For the short term, I'd instruct the PM to go in person to make this right with the tenant face to face. 

I have hidden in the shadows a good while doing much reading and familiarizing myself with various aspects of real estate investing.Now that I am looking at buying my first rental property, the more unique questions are starting to come so now I must engage a little further.I am currently looking at a property that has 2 duplexes on it.

Currently got a property in Snj, and one of my contractors mentioned that there is well in crawl space. He’s was installing water line to kitchen thru the crawl space. And as he was moving thru and installing the pi...

I haven't bought them yet, but in a thread here somewhere, someone mentioned a small tracking device, designed for pets, that could be hidden in appliances.

I leave clear instructions for those interested to indicate that they meet the minimum requirements and then ask any questions they might have or inquire about the showing availability.It is telling how many people cannot follow these simple instructions and do not indicate that they meet the minimum requirements.

There are a lot of hidden costs in real estate.

We are buying homes only In highly sought after areas and we are only buying homes that are well below market and I will be making sure they don't have hidden expensive problems.

I must wait on the sidewalk -until all belongings are removed, and the Sheriff does another quick search to make sure all belongings are outside, signs off on this removal, and then instructs me ( or anybody else) to have complete access to the house - where I can change the locks, etc..The reason for the "professional" eviction company is for expediency...the county is usually weeks behind to witness the eviction.

There must be hidden profits, that we common folks just can't grasp? 

Work with insurance company to gain appropriate coverage (Can you recommend a good post with instructions to follow and company I can use, do you recommend I use one of the self-serve legal sites instead of using an expensive legal firm).