Zulf H.
How do you secure your Garage/ Building from intruders?
Hi BP members:One of my tenants notified us that someone try to get access to the garage unit. They were unable to access any of the garage units as they are secured. This is the first time I have encountered this as ...
Jonathan Taylor Smith
Recommendations for external lighting and surveillance at Duplex?
I just saw a commercial for the Ring Flood Light with Motion Activated Camera, Alarm, Speaker, etc... I'm considering adding timer / motion based flood lighting at the four corners of my latest Duplex in a "C+" area (...
Luis Rodriguez
Tenant asking to install a nest/ring doorbell
So here’s the situation, we currently live in a duplex that we own. The doors for each unit are outside and side by side. We currently have a nest that faces the stairs that lead up to the doors so we can see who come...
Scott K.
Tenants separated. Who to write security deposit refund check payable to?
The drama with my rental in Hawaii never ends.I just found out that the tenants, who are married, are going through a marital separation right now as the lease is coming to an early end (I got them to sign a Quit &...
Carlin A Guarneri
Tenant request: Ring Doorbell, 1st fl of MFH w shared common area
Have a new tenant who just asked to install a Ring doorbell and cameras outside of her front and back doors. This is in a multi-family (3) home and she is on the first floor. I'm not comfortable with this given the 2n...
Kyle Richter
VERY low income rentals
I've gotten some really good advice here and am looking for some more....I've tried the middle class rentals, and all though there is no problem finding tenants in my area, 50% rule is out. but the rent covers the cos...
Emily Allen
Looking for immediate advice! Some suspicious people wondering around my rehab
Hi everyone! I need some immediate help here. I've been working on renovating a rental for a few weeks now. This morning when I arrived at the house at 8:30, there are three suspicious people standing at the back of m...
Manmath D.
Trespasser's damaging chainlink fence.
So I took over this duplex last year. There was 4 ft tall chain link fence on back of the property. Right behind is an easement where there is lot of foot traffic( mostly from low income apartment down the street and ...
Felix Maldonado
Opinions on a property that has residence and business
I'm looking at for my FIRST property. First and foremost this is in a rough city but its on a mainstreet so I feel it helps. Its local to me and I feel if I can add add add a fence and add surveillance if need be it w...
Tyler Patterson
Suspected occupant dumping large items
So I just bought a four-plex and found that every rented unit has an occupant thats not on the lease. That's a seperate issue that's going to be handled eventually but the big issue is I suspect that an occupant in on...