Tenants lease says nothing about smoking. She gave a deposit of $765 but smoked in the unit for 2 years. How much of that 765 can I charge her for cleaning up the unit? Need new blinds, paint carpet etc. located in Ohio

Hi I have 10 units and its the first time I have to deal with problematic renters:
here is the details.
its a couple with a child, They did not sign a lease on purpose when I sent it in September but they started to...

I've read that just by switching your mortgage payments from monthly or bi-monthly to bi-weekly you can save a ton on your interest over a 30 year period. This led me to researching the difference between bi-monthly a...

My ex is rather spiteful, and I'm really hoping that she doesn't have any legal entitlements to my rental properties. Theres no alimony payments, nothing special about the divorce, she's already taken all of my hard e...

I've been doing a lot of research on rental property tax accounting the past few days and am amazed (frustrated) at how many different answers I'm finding. For example:

1. Pre-rental expenses. On the one ha...

Aloha! My name is Luan Becerra and I am a new Real Estate Investor/Wholesaler in the process of obtaining my real estate license to become a REALTOR® here on the island of Kauai, in the state of Hawaii. I have done so...

Hi BP. I'm interested in learning about purchasing property with a self directed IRA. I have a 401k from an old job that is sitting, growing slowly. If I can learn how and it makes sense I'd like to use that money to ...

So I'm in San Antonio (SA) and am currently doing a rehab.  I originally was going to wholesale it and advertised it online but decided to partner with a seasoned SA real estate investor.  Well a lady called me and as...

Situation:

Tenant who was consistently late on rent payments was finally given the boot. After months and months of "giving the mouse a cookie", I'd finally had enough.

Tenant agrees to vacate, actually vacates by ...

Hi all, just started listening to the podcasts & decided to join the site today. Looks like there's a ton of great information here. My name is Steven Darrow and I'm a relative newbie to real estate investing -...