If you have not heard about a recent 5 person shooting death at a 100 person party in a quiet (quite affluent) surburb of SF bay area (Orinda), you can google it or read the synposis here https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/0...

Just found out tenants moved in their son (over 18) 2 months ago. Lease says no more than the original 2 tenants.  55+ community with covenants saying underage visitors no more than 14 days. I bluffed and told them he...

Hello all, first time poster and relatively inexperienced single unit landlord. I’m out here in California and I want to make sure everything I do on my screening process is 100% above board in every way. I’m so conce...

You guys have been absolutely amazing through this whole process. We are hopefully close to sealing the deal soon.We have now two applicants. Both seem to be a good fit. Both applied within minutes of each other. Both...

I have two tenants ready to sign a lease. One will move in next week, the other will move in in May after she graduates. To cover the rent in between, they want to get someone to live there until May. I plan on screen...

Hello BiggerPockets members,
My tenant wants to add someone for 3 months as a trial period, she says. I couldn't find anything online about this. Does anyone have an idea how to go about it?Thanks,Ali

Hi guys,One of my tenants wants to move her adult daughter with her. The daughter  is a single gal and moving form out of state so she does not have a job yet. She is 21 years old…The tenant is paying on time so far a...

Preamble:  We don't announce that we are the owners, we don't hide it, but it never comes up.  We have a logo and a company name for all our properties, we look like a business.  We sign the owner line on the lease, b...

Whew!  I was wondering how long it would take to get my first booking without having any reviews.  I dropped my prices below the competition for the first week, and then used the algorithm suggested by VRBO.  Turns ou...

Short-term rentals have become so popular. And many cities are banning or restricting properties being used for STR. My personal belief is that this will set a precedent other STR owners can follow. What are your thou...