Marija Petrovic
Tenant wants to break lease | doesn’t want to pay
Hello! I have a tenant that wants to move out, and refusing to pay rent. I need an attorney to handle this. Due to plumbing issues he claims that property is “inhabitable” and says he will leave without paying. I offe...
Bill Goodland
Buying 4-plex during Evictions Process: What would you do?
So I’m interested in putting in an offer on a 4-plex in an up and coming area around the top of my budget to househack by living in one of the units. Listing agent recently told me at a meetup that one of the units is...
Gade Chua
Difficult tenant refuses to give the key
I inherited the tenant with the condo I recently purchased. He's been on time with rent, but been extremely hard to reach. We have a few items we want to repair in the unit and we don't have a copy of the key, plus he...
Lynette P.
Should Landlord have set of house keys? Mail keys?
Hello fellow landlords. There are so many details and it is so hard to figure out what is "right". We bought a SFH in Feb and we just closed on a duplex. Both came with existing tenants. In both cases, the sellers say...
Ayodeji Kuponiyi
Trying to sell property but tenant doesn't want to give keys
I recently took over 2 properties that were deeded to me by my dad and plan to sell them to purchase an apartment building. One of the properties is a duplex with one unit vacant, the other occupied. I have a lock box...
Michael Wolffs
touch pad lock for building front door
I'm renovating a three family house. All units will be rented. There is a common front door.Instead of putting a keyed lock on this, I'm thinking about putting an electronic touch pad lock. I can see some pros and ...
Debbie J. Skora
How do you price a "cash for keys" offer?
I am interested to know the methods some of you use to determine a fair "Cash for Keys" offer. A month's rent? More? Less?
Miranda Crown
Fees & Keys in Oregon?
Based on my findings, OR law does not allow the charging of any non-refundable fees except for a particular list of random designated fees. So, if a tenant loses a key it does not appear that I have any recourse. ...
Aaron Tandy
How important is school and more general game plan questions
Hi, I am a recent member of this form, but I have been listening to the podcast for the past ~3 years. I graduated high school 2 years ago and am currently working a 9-5 desk job making 17.25 an hr. I am super interes...
Vlad Kuzin
Cash for Keys – step by step approach
It is my first time going thought the process. Tenants have no lease contract, they were related to seller somehow and then just took over the house, and trashed it. I’ve meet with them today, said that I’ve bought...