I've been using traditional paper rental application for my rental property, I see sites such as zillow rental manager now offers online application feature.  Due to Covid-19, I am thinking of it giving it a try.  I w...

Greetings BP family!I want to know how many landlords here give receipt or confirmation of any form to acknowledge rent received from tenants? From my perspective, it can be used to:1. make tax reporting easier2. reso...

Hello - I have a 3 family rental house and I acquired a Kaba e-plex lock which is a commercial quality pushbutton lock with lots of codes, long battery life, etc.   My question is to landlords who have installed elect...

Hello, I just bought a duplex that I'll be living in one unit and I already have a tenant that rolled over from the previous seller who will continue to rent the other unit until the end of their lease. This is my fir...

Hi all,
My first post in this group. :)
I manage my own long term rentals. Part of my process is to email or hand the potential tenant an application to fill out (with pen) and they will either scan and email back t...

Hi, I am in the process of negotiating a contract to buy a house. I live in California. Today, the counter offer was back with signature said "per phone conversation with seller", signed by seller's agent. I wonder if...

Can I charge my tenant for repairs to the dishwasher because they used regular dish soap instead of dishwaster detergent? The dishwasher was brand new when they moved in 2 years ago.   
I have a second property that ...

A little backstory,An old landlord/property manager of mine recently used the rental application I filled out back then to apply for a credit card in my name. had I not been watching my reports on a daily basis I woul...

Hello friends,I plan to attempt to self manage a vacation rental shortly. I will list on VRBO / AirBNB. My fear in remote managing is not having someone there that can "fix" things when they invariably go wrong. From ...

Hi all! I'm looking to understand my options for esigning documents (rather than my current method of printing and mailing leases to tenants), especially with the pandemic and need for minimal contact. I saw a few pos...