I'm currently using a property manager for my two rentals.  However, I have colleagues/friends who do not use them stating, "they like to keep their money."  My feeling is that I don't know all of the ins and outs and...

We had recently been rehabbed and put on the market a single family home. When a scheduled showing was taking place, we found people had moved in and claimed they have a lease that was signed with an individual who ha...

I have a tenant in an out of state property which I am self managing. She put in a maintenance request through Latchel (the RentRedi maintenance management system) for a leaky pipe in the (unfinished) basement. They r...

I served my tenant a notice to quit and she is very upset and sent me a nasty text said I humiliated her in front of her kids and neighbors…. She already owed me $4300.  She pretty much refuses to move in 14 days unle...

Hello everyone. I am purchasing my first investment property in two weeks and was wondering what are your top 5 rules/policies/terms that you like to include in your lease agreement (that aren't found in the typical l...

Hello Everyone,Let me start by telling you I have only done Wholesaling, Fix & Flips as well as New Construction at this point in my real estate investing career. I have finally decided to try Multi-Family investi...

I am replacing the front door on my beach home turning the property into an STR AirBnB rental.  I want to install a durable electronic lock that can handle the environment and doesn't have battery issues.  Can anyone ...

There was recently a debate on this site about the licensing requirements to take pictures of a house in return for compensation. In that thread, I had a little rant about the creeping role of the licensing into all ...

Hi Everyone,I felt extremely frustrated recently as a relatively new landlord. I had unbelievably bad luck to meet two very bad tenant families in a row in 3.5 years as a new landlord. Because of my first tenants allo...

I was reading some forums and it got me thinking as I am creating my own lease.  I've used several local PM companies leases to "learn" from.  What have people added to leases after learning from the school of hard kn...