Does anyone know how seriously Fannie Mae enforces anti-flip clauses and how it discovers violations of anti-flipping clauses? 

Hello to all,I'm curious if anyone could share some tips regarding retrieving Probate or Code enforcement leads here in Harris County. Any info would be great.  I have called and called and have gotten nowhere.  I don...

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if your lease says there's a late fee and your tenant is late...then there's a fee. It's okay. It's what both parties agreed to in writing in a contract. The story doesn't matt...

I am looking to buy a rent-controlled property, and willing to buy the tenants out, but I want to know if such an agreement would even be legal/ enforceable.

Does anyone has any experience with such contracts...

I have been working at being a landlord for about 5 years now, in Illinois. I am small with only 12 units in three buildings thus I am doing all the land lording myself. My lease is a 12 month lease. My lack of und...

We've all read the thread 'Tenant applicants say the dumbest things'. Stay in the business long enough and you come across some real "winners" as they say.So how do you balance being polite and being an enforcer so to...

Hello BP community,I purchased a townhouse in NC last June as an investment and found a tenant right away.  At the time of purchase, my I did know that HOA had a 20% rental cap in the community and that threshold was ...

Hello all!Due to a bad experience I am finally decided to install cameras, but want to keep them simple. Here's what I ideally need for each property:- Two or max 3 cameras mainly to cover the entrance and the parking...

Hi. I've seen many landlords here state that they do not allow smoking in their buildings, and that they prohibit that in their leases.  If you are willing to evict for this type of lease violation (smoking in the apa...

Hello,  I am an investor with a few rentals, but somebody I know, (not me, really not me)  purchased a house for a rental last year.  Made the necessary repairs and rented it out.  After about 8 months, the city renta...