I'm trying to round up all the different types of fees a landlord could charge their residents. This isn't my favorite income idea but there is no doubt collecting fees is a way to prevent more costly mistakes. What's...

Hello BP, it's been quite some time since I have posted. I finally have a project I'm working on! I have a project in San Francisco CA but the general contractors charge so much. I have a few questions as a first time...

I tried searching it on the forums and it pulled up zero results. Does anybody have any experience with riba free, or interest free, financing? It’s an Islamic form of banking.

My current property manager is well priced, but it is not working out. There are too many dropped balls, unreturned txt/emails... I feel like I need to ask a question 3 times sometimes to get an answer. And the PM i...

Can anyone who uses an answering service tell me about it? When did you decide to outsource answering, what service do you use, how much do they charge, how does it work etc.

Hello,

I am a newbie landlord and have two rental properties. I am getting ready to rent the second property beginning Sept 1 and have been asked to consider a school year lease, a lease that ends 5/31 each y...

I am in the middle of my first turn over with a new property manager and it is not going real smooth. Among other issues, I just got a bill for $253.46 for rekeying the house. In a list of other items that need to be ...

I have a verbal quote for 14% of monthly rents for 3rd party property management.  I know typical rates are 8-10, sometimes I've seen 12%.  But could a PM be rock star enough to warrant a 14% rate?  I just can't see t...

Wow, it's getting to where it's VRBO is the one making all of the money.  2 years ago, the service fee was under 10 percent.  If you add in the owner's portion, VRBO is carving off 30 percent or more per reservation. ...

Hey all,
I am the cofounder of a new property management group on Oahu. As I start this venture, I want to avoid the mistakes of other PM's and learn from those who provide and excellent service to their clients. I k...