Paul A.
Tenant refuses change of lock
Hello all, I have a tenant who called and said she thought she saw someone with a copy of her key...Maybe we dropped one on accident. I told her I would check with my Fiance, we have our keys, but for piece of mind I ...
Jared Born
Tenant not allowing access to property
I have a rental property in Ohio. The tenant is months and months behind on rent. I filed eviction back in Feb/March with a court date in early April. A few days before the court date the tenant filed bankruptcy an...
Ellen Womack
Unlocking the tenant's door
I'm house-hacking in a duplex. I have a tenant that lives on the other side. From time to time he asks me to unlock the door because he locked himself out. I would say in 10 months he locked himself out 7 times. I hav...
Sean Kuhn
Lockless Door Knobs on garage door?
I have attached garages on my units that come with garage door openers and everything. I currently have keyed entry door knobs on the garage door from the house to garage and was thinking of replacing them with reg...
Rob Randle
Tenants and Keys - System
I'm a soon to be first time landlord and looking to come up with ideas to how to handle the key situation with tenants (lock-outs ect.). I will be self managing and do not want to deal at all with lock outs at 1 a.m....
Alyse Moore
Tenant Refusing Landlord Entry
I have a situation with a tenant where she states she's been having issues with mice in the apartment. She reported this issue back in Feb 2018. I immediately had exterminators go out to take care of the issue with fo...
Paul Sandhu
What do you do when STR tenants lock themselves out?
3x this week I had to go to an STR and unlock the door. The D.F.'s left the key inside when the left and locked the door. I'm thinking about hiding a front door key around the house in something that is not the mail...
Sameerah Baker
Pest Control in Rental
Newbie landlord here...My tenant has been in our SFR for about 6 weeks. Prior to that the property was vacant for 3 months for rehab/renovation. She has now texted me saying that she has seen mouse poop and wants me t...
Wilson Pereira
Real estate mortgage and taxes
I have my rental real estate principal and interest mortgage payments going out of my LLC bank account. I believe only interest and real estate property taxes are tax deductible. How do I account for mortgage payments...
Sam Dangremond
Tenant security deposit when using 3rd party property mgmt
Hello,I have an obscure accounting / bookkeeping question I'd love some help on!Namely, when using a 3rd party property management company, do I need to account for the tenant security deposit on *my* balance sheet?Wi...