What are the minimum standards you set for tenants applying for your rental properties? Obviously following fare housing laws. For my area it is a lower income area. Not the best part of town.

What requirements do you guys have for when the tenant moves in for the money to put down? For example do you request first months rent, last months rent, and a security deposit? What is the security deposit usually e...

We have recently had a potential tenant put down a deposit to hold a unit. After receiving the deposit, the future tenant has become demanding and unwilling to work with us on scheduling a lease signing.  We think the...

In Virginia, the maximum deposit a landlord can take is two month rent. I have a lady recently went through a messy divorce with bad credit who is interested in my property. She told me upfront that she has bad credit...

After way too much frustration, I decided to switch property managers, but the process has been a nightmare. The old property management company said they needed 45 days to close out my account. They did send me the f...

Are You Holding Security Deposits in Separate Accounts?

Has anyone ever considered placing security deposits in the stock market? I'm talking about dividend paying stocks such as Google, Apple or Microsoft. It's an idea I've been playing with. My rental property is in Fort...

Hey guys,
we are BAH (buy-and-hold) property owners that just separated our business account from personal.
To efficiently operate rentals, what business accounts would you recommend to have? Would you recommend:
-a s...

Hello all, New to MTR. I have been burnt this month with my first set of travellingn professional tradesmen. They all left at the end of the month with no notice and did not pay rent. My husband seems to think it is f...

I'm a landlord of 2 weeks.  I bought a duplex - 1 side came with a tenant. Filling the other.  I have a guy that looks great on paper, but doesn't want to move in for 30 days because he needs to give his current landl...