Hello BPers. This is my first post. I have been looking tirelessly for good forums with some real life lessons on landlording/property management straight from the trenches, and this has been the best site I've foun...

We have a condo we're looking at leasing to a company for their employee. The company will sign the lease, with the employee listed as the tenant. Do we need a guarantor listed as well? The company's legal counsel has...

I was wondering if I could get some advice on how I should go about starting a company that raises capital from investors to buy properties. My idea was to somehow raise the money for a complete purchase or a downpaym...

I have my first real property after becoming an accidental landlord. I want to transfer the gas and electric to them and there is a security deposit they they are required to pay to those companies. Should I be paying...

 I recently bought a multifamily building and have to account for all the items in the closing documents on my accounting software.Loan Origination Fee =Appraisal Fee =Suits, lean, judgment search =Loan doc prep fee =...

The sellers agent/property manager told me that they would provide leases and such from the current tenants upon closing and would transfer the money from tenants deposits (they didn’t collect last months rent) from t...

Are "deposit insurance" instead of security deposit companies legit?

The programs where tenants pay a smaller amount/fee to "guarantee" a security deposit? The ones where tenants buy "insurance" (if that's what it's ...

I was renting a house for 1 year and ended up moving out after my lease was up. Before my lease started the management company offered me a $0 security deposit due to my credit score but I had to go through 3rd party ...

So I have been researching crowdfunding Hard Money Loans and I found Ground Floor. There are 2 types of investments, one thru LROs and another is Notes. I was not able to find any info in regards to their risks in cas...

I have been a property manager (and my wife a realtor) for many years on a smaller scale; helping out relatives and friends. But recently my company has exploded in the Hamilton County, IN area. I knew never to touch ...