What are your favorite add ons to add to your lease? Do you have an addendum to your standard residential lease? Examples:  Smoking is prohibited in the unit. LANDLORD permits the use of parking space #XXXX t...

Sometime this weekend my partner and I will have our first property under contract. We agreed on the price we just have to meet and sign the contract. Our problem is we haven't began to build our buyers list. I was go...

Ok. Here we go. I win the dummy award of the year but I need some help to see how I can mitigate my damage now that I'm in the bind I'm in.1) Bought a townhome, fixed it up and put a renter in it. Small town. Small ho...

Just listed my house for rent Saturday.  Got a 3rd call today from an out of state tenant who now says she wants to rent my house, sight unseen, and offered to pay a years worth of rent upfront with a $100/mo (6%) dis...

I have a 7 unit property and wanted to get gift cards for my tenants for the restaurant across the street (don't worry, I would say "Happy Holidays" in the card).  Anyone see an issue with this?  Also, I am currently ...

I just closed an occupied REO SFH in California last week. I drove by the house but it seemed no one lived there. From the windows, I saw there was a big mess inside the house: very dirty carpet; old and dirty furnitu...

Ok, as a REInvestor I have dealt with wholesalers in the past (mid to late 90's)when I have done this before, but have never actually done wholesaling myself. Sydney Chase highly recommended it for me to get back i...

What things show weakness to tenants.

Another thread mentioned "weak landlord face." What are the signs?

I would call these weakness:

- Rent not due until move in day
- No lease
- No rental application
- No refere...

I'm curious. Are people in this group early risers (a.k.a. before let's say 630am) or more night owls for hustling multifamily investments?Me personally, I have been implementing better habits in the morning so that I...

How do you find where a guy gets his business? My theory is if I find his main source, I can complain about him and stir up trouble. Then he will be motivated to pay me the 5k he owes me and move on. I also want to wa...