Jeremy H.
Tenant wants to break lease (CA)
I have a tenant who says they are buying a house and must break the 1 year lease and want to move out November 1. (so it's not even 30 day notice! 12 days away?)They have just been here the 4th month. What do you ...
Roy Gutierrez
No pet policy - Maybe exception for birds in cage?
Hi guys,I'm about to rent a house to a couple of ladies, one of them mentioned that she would like to bring a bird, a budgerigar to keep in the house caged. Anybody has any horror stories for birds indoors? Thank you.
Kerry M.
Qualifications for renters - list complete?
Hi - our apartment is nice and ready to show this weekend. I want to have a consistent list of renter requirements before we communicate directly with the three possible renters who have shown interest. The goal is...
Raad Qumsieh
Black mold in a big apartment complex. Help!
Hey all,
Need your assistance, especially landlords. I live in a big apartment complex in a Missouri area, and have been noticing mold on the master bedroom windows since January of this year. I told the office, they...
Caleb Teachout
Airbnb: Thinking Outside the Box
I hope this will motivate others to think outside the box on your hustling activities, whatever they may be.Here's the short version...March gross income from Airbnb hobby $1094Cleaning lady expense $100Couch surfing ...
Jim Peckey
Update: closing on our first duplex
Hello BP,I'm writing to post an update to this post, and share the details of our first deal. We were originally looking at a triplex in our local area (linked post), although the seller wasn't willing to budge on th...
Mark Mahoney
100+ Tenants, 8 Hours per Week
Okay, well let’s start off by saying “100 Tenants” makes it seem like I have 100 units. That is not the case. I took a short cut to real estate investing. Let me explain how...I started off in real estate investing by...
Mary M.
Access control systems for small MF bldg? Need recommendations!
I *finally* am the proud owner of 2 lovely small new build, higher end, class B, MF bldgs. These are 8 and 12 units respectively and are security type buildings. Right now we have Pach access system that fails miser...
Rolando Frias
not sure how much of a deposit to ask for on a rental property
We are in the process of putting our sfh up for rent and are stuck on what payments to ask for upfront. In the past we already had a tenant tell us to keep the deposit as the last month rent and then left us a mess an...
Rose Mize
Tenant vacating early
I have a tenant in Kansas. The tenant notifiied me his family was moving out in December, but he was staying. He asked me to list the home, but said he would stay until it was occupied. He signed a new addendum to the...