Will Fraser
Who's Job Is This: Landlord or Tenant?
A tenant recently let me know that they observed an oddly high water bill. He then let me know that no obvious sources of a leak are known of in the home and no evidence of leaking is happening, but the high water bi...
Owen Dashner
Fire & Ice Damage - Playbook?
I had a not-so-great start to the new year - frozen pipes and flooding at one apartment complex, and a fire in another building.As I was fumbling through what to do with the aftermath of the fire, it got me thinking t...
Grant Smith
Home Warranties
How's it going BP,I recently closed on my first SFH Rental on February 13th, ( i can go into the numbers later) but I am planning on self managing my own property with the help of my mentor (for advice and tenant scre...
John W.
Substance coming out of bath water?
Just finished rehabbing a house. Tenant moved in over the weekend. I received a text tonight from the tenant with a picture of what is coming out of the bath tub. Looks like chalk/sand from what I can tell. You cant r...
Joshua Myer
My Second Deal (First Joint Venture)
Investment Info:
Townhouse buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $345,000
Cash invested: $18,000
3x2 new-build Townhouse, joint purchase between my significant other and myself. This is our new ...
James Herbert
Eviction of current tenant from REO purchase
We are about to close on several properties in Oklahoma. They are REO and some are vacant and some have tenants. We have knocked doors to be proactive and attempt to get them to sign a short lease ( No security deposi...
Omow A.
Advice: Needy Tenant
Hi, I have an older rental with a tenant that never stops wanting some repairs. When they moved in, we did the walkthrough and signed on that the home condition was satisfactory. I've had a few repairs done in the y...
Stephen E.
Plumbing leak, next step Cutting out walls
There is a leak dripping away from the basement ceiling in one of my units. It is definitely not coming from a pipe in the basement. We were notified about it by the tenant this morning. It appears to be slowly fillin...
Michael Hunter
How do you deal with water damage in your properties?
I had some properties near D.C. when hurricane Sandy hit, and got flooding in the basements that we had just refinished. We had to remove some drywall, and carpet pad and start over. I would love to hear what others d...
Joshua Hill
horror stories
We have all heard the horror stories, trashing the place, pouring concrete down the toilet. Just starting out as a landlord is tough to come to terms with. With everyone around you talking so negative about it, It t...