I have never used birddogs before, but I know a lot of investors have. Other than Cragis list or your local investors group, how can you find a good birddog? How much do you pay? Some say they pay a flat amount and s...

We built our rentals on land in Kyle, TX that belongs to my parents - they have other rental homes on it as well - and my parents do not allow pit bulls or pit bull mixes on the property.  It's just such a risk.   I l...

Please help,
We recently purchased an investment property. For context this is a cabin in the woods. Upon purchase we found out that our next door neighbor is a “dog breeder”. He has 30 plus dogs that fight all day l...

I understand if you allow pets, you're opening doors for whole nother sector of renters' market
Why else would you do it? Higher rent? :roll:

Hi BP,I'm a long time reader but finally decided to participate!  I'm trying to rent out a property in San Francisco.  In general, what should I watch out?  For the local investors, what special quirk should I be care...

I recently received a frantic phone call from a tenant at 10 pm.  Since she seemed distraught, I called her back and found that there was a rat in her toilet!  At first, my husband told me she would have to handle it ...

The 1st 3 pictures are the lawn of our rental  (backyard) 1 year ago- same time. And the last 3 pics are of our current rental backyard. The lease ends at the end of April. I had been discussing renewing the lease wit...

I recently bought a 550+ unit deal and we have 4 tennis courts that haven't been used in probably 10+ years.As you can see here the courts are significantly deteriorated. The cost to demo is HUGE since the location of...

I allow dogs in my rentals, but not breeds excluded in my insurance policy.  Rotts, pitbulls, Dobermans.  When I informed an applicant of these restrictions, she told me her dog was a pitbull, but a therapy dog, and s...

I have recently purchased a small multi-unit and anticipate not renewing leases for a few units, either because of repair needs or in one case, because we will be no pets and the tenant has three dogs...

Do t...