Hello!I have renters in our unit for the past 5 months. They signed a 6 month lease with us. Last month, while paying rent, one of the tenants told me that they were considering not staying the full 6 months and that ...

At the end of a one year lease, does it make sense to offer them a lower increase if they choose to stay on month to month, and higher increase if they sign a new one year lease (since they would be "locking in" the p...

Hello, I just evicted my tenants who stayed in my property for only 11 months. Unfortunately, they left my property with damaged carpet, holes on the walls,  in additional to leaving behind their filthy belongings.  N...

I’ve dealt with one bad tenant that did some dumb things like set an iron on new carpet in a bedroom, stained several spots in the living room, broke the lease and left early, etc… ended up keeping her security deposi...

I understand the best case scenerio is your new tenant moves in the same day your last tenant moves out.

I wonder how some of you landlords minimize the turn over time.

This mean you do showings while t...

So I have been using the same property manager for almost 2 years now on one property I have a few states over from me. From the get go it was a rocky relationship. They did work to the house without my consent, and b...

One of my tenants just gave 60 day notice they will be moving out mid Nov. I would need about 2 weeks to get the apartment rent ready. This means the apartment will be rent ready as of Dec 1. Winter/holiday time is no...

Had to do my first evictions the other day. Not fun. Exhuasting actually, and dirty. I removed 5 pigeons from the attic of my resently purchased 3 family. Non-payment, cleanliness and noise were all issues with the...

Hi FolksI am completely newbie in the field of real investments. Up until now, I was focusing on saving so I can invest, in real estate. Talking to few of the lenders, I found that with my saving and amount of the loa...

My husband and I live in Chicago but want to buy an inexpensive vacation condo in Miami or Fort Lauderdale for about 150,000. We own our primary residence in Chicago which is paid for. Does it make sense to buy a seco...