I have great tenants that pay their rent on time. They are retired, and want to stay in the property “forever” because they love it so much. (It has a phenomenal view.) A few years ago they lost their house to fore...

So, I am a commercial real estate appraiser and have access to FMLS here in GA.  I am currently working with an agent for my RE investment needs, but I can find properties with realtor details just like he can.  In fa...

I'm looking for a little advice on having tenants manage repairs themselves with some general guidelines. I've had the same tenants in a rental for the past 4 years without any issues. I've been paying a property mana...

hello,  we are relocating and I would like to turn our current home into a rental.  We are in the Austin area and expect the market to continue higher.We have a deck that has started to degrade with rotten boards and ...

I’m new to real estate investing, so I have many questions. I currently only own one rental property in Florida. Only became my rental because I moved to California for work reasons so I decided to keep it. I’m now lo...

Hello All you Real Estate Investors!  I am so glad to say that I am returning to biggerpockets with bigger Pockets!  I was on your site for about a months at the beginning of my adventure and suddenly I was investing ...

We have properties in different states, and we have been recommended to form LLCs in each state to hold the properties.  I was wondering if anyone could recommend a lawyer that could assist with creating the LLCs.  Al...

How do you tenant proof your rentals? I was listening to BP show 48 and they gave a few ideas. I listed a few of them they discussed plus some from this post. What else do you do?
Screen tenants thoroughlyUse 5/8 dry...

Hi! I plan on moving to Denver in the coming years and plan on turning my current residence (2B1B condo in San Diego) into a rental property. I have someone local to help me manage the property but I was curious about...

Got a tenant that wants to update the kitchen (works for a company that does kitchen remodels). Claims he has surplus countertops and other materials to improve it. Says he doesn’t want anything for it, like lower ren...