Radon is a colorless odorless gas that causes cancer. It is highly recommended that you get a radon test before buying or selling a home! Please keep in mind even a level 4 is the same as smoking 8 cigarettes a day or...

We just closed on a very nice home and are asking a higher rent for it. It's outside of the summer months when this house would typically rent and we have been struggling to find tenants. We have two young men who are...

I just had a new tenant move in, my rental ad and lease agreement states this is a NO SMOKING rental.  I went to the property to do a walkthrough with the new tenant (the movers moved everything in late Saturday night...

Just curious how many people here have given up on the stock market as it relates to their retirement plans?

Given the lackluster performance of the S&P / Dow / Nasdaq over the past ten years does it even make ...

Ok so I have a duplex with a top unit short-term rental, and a bottom unit long-term rental.  We are in Seattle, and the bottom unit tenants will frequently sit out on their deck below and smoke marijuana (perfectly l...

Hey BP,I’ve located a triplex that has some potential but am wondering about financing. It is 33% occupied and the one unit puts it over the 1% rent to price ratio. However, the other two units and the exterior need s...

I am  trying to crack down on charging tenants for damages they cause (or allow). I have two primary questions:1) Do most of you charge actual expenses, or do you have a chart that lists common damages with an expense...

Hello group, just bought a property for a rental unit. End row home, LOTS of nicotine, old carpet, old everything.... the unit has lots of gray paneling (covered in nicotine)... thought about cleaning then painting sa...

I have an upper lower duplex in which there was a porch fire this summer. The lower tenant caused the fire in that a cigarette was the source of the fire. It was an outside covered front porch where smoking is allowed...

Hi. I've seen many landlords here state that they do not allow smoking in their buildings, and that they prohibit that in their leases.  If you are willing to evict for this type of lease violation (smoking in the apa...