DG H.
Lease term, price or deposit?
In my small town rental pool...it's common for tenants to sign a year lease and leave before the lease is up. I've gone to court, etc and all story short it cost me a lot of money with no recourse on the past tenant....
Michael Rossi
Professional Scumbag in Training
I was fortunate not to have an eviction last month. However, I've got one this month and she's definitely in training to be a professional scumbag. This tenant moved in at the beginning of July and obviously only pa...
Matt DuSold
How often do banks ask the homeowner for money?
I talked to a guy today and he basically just left the house he was in. Yeah he has other reasons but he could have stayed in it and could have paid it but wanted out of the house and area.
He ha...
Caroline Bertoni
Can she do this? Is this legal?
Hello everyone!I recently acquired my old childhood home as no members of the family can care for it (and my nana whom owned it has since moved in with family so she can be cared for 24/7). Anyways, my mother moved ou...
Chris Pelley
Should we sell 1 in CA to buy 2 in NM?
A little back history. We purchased our first home in 2012 in CA. It was our primary residence, and when the military moved me to NM it became a rental for us. This of course like so many people got us interested in o...
Al Bunch
Security deposit - high vs. low
So I'm interviewing property mgmt companies and yesterday I talked to two new ones. While throwing questions at them, the second company said they typically only charge $300 for a security deposit (vs. the standard "...
Chris Virgil-Stone
Help! Picking the right applicant is HARD!
So I know this is a good problem to have. I have 3 applicants who I would most likely rent to. I still need to run background checks. Here’s the good and bad on each:Applicant 1: Older lady (likely to stay longer), ha...
Dan Crenshaw
BAD tenants trying to pull a fast one. Could use some advice
Could use some advice with a problem tenant. First a little of the back story:I took my 2 tenants (they are roommates) to court back in December because they were 2 months behind on their rent. Monthly rent is $1600 ...
Curtis Maag
Tenant vacated instead of getting eviction
OH. Tenant didn't pay. After filing eviction (as LLC), they agreed to move out the day before hearing, signing agreement and turned over apt and keys. Lawyer dismissed the case the next morning at hearing, so not for...
Shiloh Lundahl
What would you do? Evict or take state assistance?
Here are the facts:
In July or August of 2019 we were selling one of our most expensive properties at the time for $330,000. We got a couple who wanted to buy the property but couldn't qualify for the loan at that t...