Liz F
Would you rent to a Pit Bull owner?
I have a prospective tenant who is moving to our area to work as an air traffic controller. He seems very responsible, but he has a pit bull. The dog seems very friendly but I am afraid to be opening myself up to li...
Sergiu Ionita
Closing on a duplex in a few days and have a question.
Hi, I'm from Portland, OR. I have a few questions about a duplex that's supposed to close on Friday. I want to live in one side and rent the other. In my offer, I requested that the seller serve one of the tenants a 6...
Stephen Joyner
contrator, handyman, or do it yourself when it come to electrical work.
First if its your property do what ever the law will allow you to do without a contractors license. With that being said I am a contractor an electrical contractor to be exact. For those that don't know the majority o...
Fausto Suriel
Lease violation, tenants have 2 dogs, only one was in the lease
hi,Im very new to rental properties and thanks to Brandon Turner and his books i wil be in the game for the long run.My issue is the following; I just found out my tenants have an extra dog and person living in the ap...
Paul Balyoz
Optimizing time spent with bills, statements, receipts; paper vs electronic
As an owner-landlord of 20+ single family homes across 3 states now, I am spending an inordinate amount of time handling bills, statements, receipts and other paperwork, both in physical-paper form and electronic. I p...
Chris Friedl
Indianapolis, IN - trying real estate again
Hello. I come to real estate by a very tortured path.I graduated from college with a BS in physics in 1980 (yea, I am that old). After not being able to find a job, I went running back to the safe haven of academia ...
Chris Olandese
Tenant threatened to move out
So I just bought my first property (4 unit multi family). One of the existing tenants (On a M2M) asked me about the new rental rates I’m planning, and when I told her of the increase she immediately said she would be ...
Account Closed
Corona Consequences - Landlords Are Part Of The Solution
We have all been thinking about and living the Corona Virus. I suspect that most of the BP community is in the same state of mind as me which is, doing everything I can to work it out in my head but obvious and defini...
Scott Weaner
Removing Paint from Electrical Sockets
I will be closing on a Duplex in the next 2 weeks. The township won't give a CO as many plugs are painted. I told the owner that I will try to come up with a solution short of replacing the perfectly good outlets.Has ...
David J.
Tenant refuses to use online system that I want to switch to.
I have been going crazy with a disorganized mess. 8 rentals and everyone pays different ways etc. I decided that I want to set all my rentals up on Cozy.co and manage them better. So far I really like the system and m...