All:Does anyone out there have a unique or a creative solution for dealing with security deposits? As a landlord of many college student rentals, I spend an inordinate amount of time every year on this (seemingly) sma...

I was doing a property drive-by the other day and noticed one of those Wal-Mart variety 3' swimming pools in the backyard of one of our SFR's. I've never had a tenant install a pool before.

After consulting with my ...

Any advice on setting up an LLC for our RE investments? Do we need to speak to a corporate lawyer or can we go the simple route of LegalZoom? Need to get it it done quickly for a hard money loan. 

I chatted with someone who talked about how they moved the title from them to their LLC, and while reading about some of the options, I was curious if anyone here has done it. I looked at the warranty deed vs quitclai...

Hi Friends,I Was doing some research for a Client of Mine Regarding one of his tenants and specifically his liability as owner of that house. His Tenant is a Section 8 Renter and the Tenants have a Barking Pit-bull in...

I have a 2 family house, I live on 1st floor and have tenants on 2nd floor. They have a lot of stuff borderline hoarders. It started small but they keep accumulating more stuff on their porch, their stairs and the pat...

The average mortgage debt in Toronto is $194, 000 and 259, 000 in vancouver. Given the average house price is in toront and vancouver is north of a million are we surmising that the average torononian is mega rich? ...

Fellow landlords, I'm wondering if you all worry about hiring "handyman" type help around your properties?  Do you worry about hiring someone that doesn't carry liability insurance?  In addition to the 4 rental proper...

I have a tenant complained that her space - which is under a tall oak tree - is receiving a healthy amount of bird poop.  She is asking to either move her to a different spot, remove the tree or to allow the use of my...

Does anybody know if something comparable to the "Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009" was hidden in the stimulus package?

I had a few weird emails this morning about gun control and thought...