Russell A langkawel
Most efficient way to lease out a commercial space
My family and i have owned a 20,000 sq ft strip center for about eight years that we purchased in foreclosure. It consists of eight x 1600 sq ft spaces and one x 4350 sq ft space. When we purchased it, most of the sma...
Kristine Ann
Screening for MTR and Coliving (Education Requirement?)
Dumb question, but is coliving (renting out rooms individually) and MTR the same thing? I'm looking into starting renting individual rooms in an area that has a housing shortage. I'm thinking of making the main requ...
Chris B.
Declaring service animals / emotional support animals prior to signing the lease
I've converted to being a pet friendly landlord. It seems over the past few years that 75% of the applicants have pets so it makes sense to do so. Conversion of flooring to accommodate this is expensive and I charge...
John Reynolds
Introduction
Hello everyone, my name is John. My brother told me about this website after buying his first house. I'm 30 years old and I just got out of the Army with a service-connected disability (not sure if that's pertinent to...
Veronica Ivy
Section 8 Voucher Only (no income)
I'm getting 4 units ready to rent, primarily targeting Section 8. In our area, either the recipient pays 30% of the monthly rent OR they simply receive a voucher for a rent amount and HUD pays the entire amount.For te...
Roger Beaman
Trash from Property to Sidewalk and back again
This might be a dumb question, but I own a 4 unit property and have been hit with two $50 fines stating"Violation Code and Description:107141 - Premises not litter free"Basically trash bags being on the property outsi...
Doug McLeod
Pros and Cons of Section 8 SFRs?
I've had a couple of inquiries about Section 8 on recent rentals I've had available. Have never had a section 8 tenant, but have stated that I will accept if income criteria (3x rent) and other criteria (rental histo...
Mark Updegraff
Craigslist Boarding Houses, Unfair competitive advantage overlooked? Please advise
Hello All,
In my experience as a listing agent for rental apartments in a couple geographic areas, non owner-occupied landlords list out rooms to students and workers creating a shared living arrangement between se...
Jim Rivell
Friction with New Tenant Onboarding
Our current process is to send a lease agreement via Docusign then follow up with adding our tenants to Rent-Redi, but we have noticed some tenants take days/weeks to sign. We assumed Docusign would be the most effici...
Kim Meredith Hampton
Service Animals, what's an owner to do?
I manage real estate for investors, and wanted to hear from the insurance brokers as to what your feel is for the growing number of "service Animals" in rental properties. The biggest concern that I have is that we ca...