For those that do their own tenant screening, how do you evaluate a credit report properly? Do you just go by the FICO score or do you also factor in negative tradelines?

I'm in the process of securing a quadplex with an FHA loan. I need to analyze different home insurance quotes. I will be renting out the other units so I'm assuming I would need renters insurance/landlord insurance? D...

An AWESOME project just finished in Columbus, OH. This is exactly the type of public/private partnership our team is working to build across the country. The efforts that projects of this nature take are massive but t...

I have tenants that I think are hoarders. When they are driving and see garbage sitting outside for collection in front of someone else's house, they bring it back. I have told them before they need to keep bette...

My tenant is about to hit the end of my 1 year lease. Great tenant that has paid on time until she lost her job 6 months into the lease. I gave her 2 months to recover from her financial loss. She was able to get help...

Hi everyone, my name is Ben. First time buyer here.  Hopefully this post makes some sense..Stuff about me:I'm about 75% finished with the BiggerPocket's "The Book On Rental Property Investing" (that blue book) and hav...

My colleagues and family think I'm crazy because of the lack of sleep I get, which is about three hours a night. For me, this is more then enough, however; I often see others on BP in the middle of the night, and was ...

I could use some advice on how to delicately give notice to existing tenants that are a hold over from a property I just purchased.  They are month to month and I have a copy of the original lease. The original lease ...

I have a tenant in one unit of my duplex who I inherited with the purchase and I need him out. Currently he's 4 months away from the lease expiration, but need to sign up a new tenant NOW because it's a college town a...