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Axia Roberts Tenant smelling cigarette smoke in neighbor's apt how to handle?
6 March 2019 | 7 replies

I have an apartment complex, 8 units. I had one tenant move into Apt G 2 months ago and then the other moved into Apt F about a week ago. Apt G is a single older woman, and Apt F is a younger couple. I have had no com...

Carol Venolia potential tenant is a medical marijuana patient (California)
17 February 2015 | 12 replies

In itself, that's fine; it's legal here in California. But I'm wondering if there are grey areas I should know about? In particular, the house I'm advertising is right across the street from a high school. Know of any...

Andrew A. Landlording Basics - Routine Inspections
8 February 2018 | 4 replies

For most of my adult life, I was a renter and I noticed sometimes landlords would do some sort of "maintenance inspection" once a year, sometimes multiple times a year and sometimes, never.  As a new landlord in Cleve...

Terry Last Would you rent a non smoking unit to someone who smoke outside?
4 December 2018 | 9 replies

We're house hacking a duplex and have friends who would be solid tenets for our other unit except one of them smokes. We were asked if it was okay if he smoked on the corner and not on the property. I don't think I'm ...

Mike Mitchell section 8 or lower rent
26 September 2014 | 10 replies

I recently posted an Ad for my 3br for $2000 in Brooklyn, NY. It is a 2 family house. My PITI - 3000. I am currently getting 1700 for the 2 br unit. I have 2 potential tenants. A Section 8 family with a smoker for 190...

Jo Jones Smoking and lying about it.
7 April 2017 | 9 replies

Hello, I recently found out both my tenants smoke and they lied about it. I had them sign a Lease and in that lease they agreed to the no smoking rule. So, I am choosing to pick my battle here but they now want to mov...

Matthew Gil Reaching Rarefied Air, How To Go From Millionaire To Decamil
1 July 2008 | 13 replies

Okay, so my business partner and I have had our system in place for a while and business is going good (knock on wood). Being a positive person, I am confident that our business will provide us the means to make us b...

Chris C. Rental Management: Increasing Rent
21 November 2023 | 9 replies

We just hit 6 months with our first tenant in a 1 year contract. Most likely she will renew.2 questions:1. How do I decide how much to increase rent by? Our rental is in a great location and I want to make more profit...

Marisa Alvarez Tenant took off Smoke Detectors
6 November 2023 | 12 replies

I visited the property and found the hard wired Smoke Detectors in the living room and hallway were removed ( the ines in the bedrooms were still there ) . I asked the tenant why they did that and he said that the smo...

1 May, 2013
BiggerPockets Podcast 016: Land Contracts, Creative Selling, and Finding Private Money with Clay Huber

Several weeks ago on the BiggerPockets Podcast, we spoke with Leon Yang about using seller financing to buy properties. Today we are going to look at the opposite side of that transaction and discuss ways you can inve...