Welcome to A Skeptical Dude’s Take on Real Estate: a frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets. From one real estate investor to another.
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Does anyone have a section in your lease regarding the number of occupants in a unit? I want to add something to eliminate a large number of people in a unit, and to eliminate people that aren't on the lease from movi...

I have a possible tenant stating they do not have to pay a non refundable pet fee to have two small dogs live with them in our property because they are therapy dogs for her dad of which she is the caretaker for. To m...

I have an applicant who has listed a Rottweiler and German Shepherd as their support animals. How do I proceed of letting them know we are not interested in renting to them?

We are working to make our full time residence a short term rental.  Five years ago we listed our property on STR sites and had one booking immediately.  It went well, we got a five star review.  It was a ton of work ...

Backstory: My spouse and I have been going back and forth with the sellers of a mobile home park now for about half a year.  The owners of the park were an older couple until the husband passed away unexpectedly.  Now...

“The market may not feel any different from yesterday, but the Cromford® Market Index for all areas & types has just slipped below 90. This means we are officially declaring a buyer's market.”
That was the Novemb...

First I want to thank Josh, Brandon, Allison and the BP community for all of the inspiration and encouragement in the form of priceless advice, podcasts and posts for all of our real estate goals.
I've been an avid re...

I recently bought a duplex and inherited a tenant since they refused to leave when i bought the house so i inherited 1 year of their 2 year lease (that i didnt sign or renew). I live in the first floor. This person do...

I am filing my taxes using TurboTax Home & Business and I'm filing later than normal specifically because of this issue that the TurboTax hotline has been unable to help with. This is probably the last year I try ...