We are LTR folks and we recently stayed at an STR in Austin, TX on a getaway. The pictures of the STR were deceptive and the house was dirty (we found dip, a used pregnancy test on the floor by bathroom trashcan, floo...

Hi all,This is insane. I have rented my house out for almost 7 years and this is the first time a tenant who rented my house, leaves out of no where. Actually there is more to it though. A month back he asked me to ad...

I've had a great relationship with every one of my tenants, except for one. We'll call her Sally. Despite my best efforts, Sally was just not happy with me as her landlord. If I'm being 100% honest, I didn't like her ...

I just recently renter my apartment to a lady (25) and fiancee (21) less than 2 weeks ago. In her signed rental application form she stated she didn't own a pet. on the rental application form states that your lease c...

Hi Guys, 

Happy holidays - I'm a very new landlord in Philly (about 1/2 a year) in and I'm expecting 1 of 3 units to push back on paying rent this month. 
The backstory is: Last month, (I wish I could make this up...

Hi BPers,I'm in the processing of hiring my cleaner for my first property. Does your house cleaner normally give you an invoice after every clean? Probably for your records, it would make sense to have invoices for al...

I'm a newbie, who is looking to start with a buy and hold of vacation rentals. Being my first time, I've got a ton of things to figure out. One of them is property management fees. Property management fees seems ...

I am in the process of refinancing one of my rental properties and need an appraiser to enter. The tenants do not want the appraiser to enter due to COVID-19 concerns. There is a multi-generational family living in th...

Will be launching in around a month. I’ve always hated those tiny bars of hotel soap that barely last a day. With a larger group, you could easily blow through several of them which could add up and create stress rega...

A tenant in one of my rentals moved in 2 months ago. A week ago he told me that he has to move back to his home state that he came from, and this weekend he moved out. My handyman helped him to move out. Yesterday thi...