Stacy Preston
STR in North Indianapolis
I'm looking for a maintenance person for my STR in Westfield. I would like someone that could do a monthly walk through to do things like light bulbs, furnace filters, batteries for remotes/smoke alarms and minor repa...
James Mays
Inspection Report - How would this inspection report affect your offer?
Hello BP Team!I recently went under contract for a 4/2 LTR/Section 8 house with current tenet in place in Jackson, MS. Inspection report came through today. First time out of state investor. Currently have a local LTR...
Mindy Jensen
How Often Do You Walk Through Your Rentals?
Twice this morning I have read posts where people have asked this question.How often do you go through your rentals? I have a friend who rents to college kids, and he "offers" to change the furnace filter every month ...
Shane Pearlman
Catching Tenants Breaking Bad
Hey PBers.I'm a little scarred from tenants using my nice SFRs to build grow houses. It has only happened once, and through amazing luck, they turned out to be the nicest drug dealers ever and helped pay to remediate ...
Gabriel Amedee
Property Maintenance: How far do you go?
So for the past two years I have been managing my family's handful of rental properties and have made the decision to open my own property management company. This is not my first company and I understand how importan...
Kimberly Gillock
annual property inspection
Hi all! So I'm working on up'ing my landlording game and planning to start doing more formal annual inspections of my properties (had been able to generally inspect when there for repairs, etc). I read @Brandon Tur...
Hai Le
New Tenant Lease Agreement
Am I allowed to ask for a tenants vehicle information to add to their file?
Genny Li
I just had a tenant ask about changing a burnt-out light bulb...
Really. Can't make this up. I had to coach him through changing it over the phone because the closets have linear fluorescents, and he didn't know what to do.
I'm focusing on the day job now, but I had to share. (...
Holly Barrett
Self Managing from a Distance
Looking at a duplex 8 hour drive away. I want to self manage, BUT I'm getting tripped up on how to show prospective tenants the units at turnover.What options might we have?Realtor fees for showing are steep, at that ...
Jayden Hamilton
What expenses am I obligated to pay as a landlord?
What expenses am I obligated to pay as a landlord, I have tenants that think I'm supposed to pay for everything that breaks, and "that's the purpose of them renting." What would they have to pay for, and what are thin...