I have a tenant that moved out Feb 8th even though his lease was up at the end of the month. I received the keys the 8th. I want to do right by him and give him his deposit back as early as possible but for legal purp...

In 2012 we hired a management company to manage one of our out of area properties in Illinois. What initially looked like a great match turned out to be a disaster, and we had to terminate the company after just one m...

Would be very interested in some feedback. I've been managing apartments and houses for nine years and this is a first.

We hired someone to trim the hedges at one of our properties. While trimming, one of the resid...

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I need some important advice. One of my dads tenants has committed suicide in his rental house. He was late on his rent by a month and a half and from what we are finding out the power was also recently s...

Hi everyone! I'm an out-of-country investor looking at getting into rental properties, and I'm very excited to get started. I'm looking at Little Rock, Memphis, and Houston. I've been reading through the posts on this...

I have a SFH (in another state from which I live) which has been rented to the same tenant for two years. Single mother, 1 child. the lease comes due this summer, and wondering if I should renew her or look for som...

Hi all,I'm a newbie investor in the Chicago area and just stumbled onto this forum.  So much great content here.  Since I have a pretty intense day job that requires quite a bit of travel -- I'm interested in a lower ...

Hello all,What kind of marketing strategy are you guys doing nowadays? Does DM still work in today’s competitive market? I sent out 3.9K letter this past month (I am committed for a 6 months campaign). It has been abo...

I own 1 rental property in Sarasota, FL, I live in NYC. The home has well water and I hired a well maintenance company, the system has had some issues since they moved in. Every time water is restored within 24 hours,...

My current tenant is buying a home and vacating in 3 weeks. I’m weighing whether to sell and 1031 exchange into a different market, or stay the course and get a HELOC in place as soon as we turn it over (in preparatio...