Under current Costa Hawkins (CH) law if a tenant is not using a rent controlled property as his/her principal place of residence, the landlord can raise the rent to market rate. Doing so usually results in a tenant fi...

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So, my tenant has a oil leak from his truck, he is a mechanic and I have mentioned the oil stain casually twice now. He tells me that he knows how to fix it, but the part cost money and he do...

We are going to sell a a house we own that we have been renting out for the last three years. The tenants' lease was up Wednesday; they have lived there for one year. The property manager told us they would conduc...

Obviously Chicago has a lot of zoning/permit types of hoops to jump through if you exist inside the city limits.  I have been doing my best to research a lot on my own to find out what sorts of regulations apply to my...

Residents in one unit are on vacation and informed me ahead of time (as required by lease). A few weeks into the vacation, the residents in the other unit asked if their adjoining neighbors are on vacation. Is it okay...

I recently bought a duplex that had tenants with leases already in place.

I'm having trouble with one of the tenants. His girlfriend is living with him - she is not on the lease but she was there when I bought the ...

We are currently knee deep in an FHA 203k streamline loan. We have done ALL the paperwork, hired a Hud consultant, picked the contractors, got the estimates, had the appraisal, etc etc etc. Our loan has gone to proces...

BP Community,I preface this by saying I am consulting with my attorney (waiting on callback) and will discuss with local police tomorrow, but wanted to ask in the forum in case someone has been in this situation.My cu...

We have had our apartment listed for a little over a month and have no found a viable tenant. The apartment has been updated and is priced competitively within our local market. We have a lot of interest from differen...

One of my tenants is coming up on their first lease renewal, so if they decide to stay, it will be the start of their second year. I currently hold 2 months of security deposit for them. I understand that after the se...