John D.
Collecting Rent Payment in the 21st Century. How?
I'm old school and so are most of my tenants in 5 of my 6 properties but I want to start moving towards the future and quit walking to the mailbox. What are the modern ways to accept rent payments? Send tenants remi...
Andrew Freed
Closing on my first property with section 8 tenants, any advice?
I'll be closing on my first multifamily with section 8 tenants at the end of this month. I am looking to raise rent closer to market since they are well below (almost 40% below market). Have any advice for a new secti...
Nikhil Agarwal
Flow of Funds with Property Management Companies
QQ on how property management companies work! Typically, do the tenants make payments to the property management company (and then the property management company forwards the funds to us (owner of the unit)? Or does ...
Ryan Bird
Lease addendum - pet
Do you add pet addendum towards the end of lease agreement (last pages) or do they need to be singed separately after the lease is executed? Wondering if I can send one e-sign with everything together or if I need to ...
Mahonri Bussey
Rental software
I'm going to be renting out my first town home and was wondering what are some of the methods people are using to retrieve rent? I dont want them to send me it in the mail or drop it off at my home. I would prefer an ...
Ben Smith
Best Practices: Rent Collection, Accounting
1. Is there a way to automate rent collection?2. What is the best way to handle accounting? (Ex. Quick Books, Excel, etc.)
Lee Rimmer
Real estate agent stole my deposit
Me and my girl friend went to look at a property in Independence Mo. After we looked at it we asked if we could put in an application for it. The agent said yes, but we would have to put half of the deposit down also....
Otho Keller
Maryland Commerical Real Estate Security Deposit
I have inherited a lease that was started in 2008 for a commercial property. It is getting to ready to be turned over, but I am not sure how to calculate the interest. I did some light internet searching, and the MD...
Fahad Meer
Tenant payment options - What do you use?
Hello, I manage around 10 properties in semi-low income neighborhoods. I've always had my tenants deposit rent to my bank checking account. This makes is hard to track sometimes and I don't really feel comfortable gov...
Mike X.
How to word clause in lease allowing tenants to pay electronically
I'm working on my Florida lease and trying to figure out how to have generic statement in the lease that would allow for rent payment options such as direct deposit / ACH transfer / online payment (Cozy, erentpayment...