So I made a bad decision to rent to family. My sister in law has been renting from my wife and I. She lives in one unit of a duplex with roommates and we live next door in the other. We have been going into each other...

I was reading about the owner liability for snow removal and stumbled upon this interesting Synopsis of Michigan Premises Liability Law pdf.  It seems the term "open and obvious" is helping defendants (ie owners) rece...

Looking into a possible deal in which I have no experience and would like some insight from investors that may have been involved with something similar. This property has a 1 bedroom apartment upstairs and a bar down...

Hello AllMy tenant informed me that she would not be able to pay rent and would be out by the end of the month. She is out of my duplex, but she had some family staying with her without them being on the lease. My ten...

Hello, I am screening a tenant and "Restitution of Premises" filing came up from 2014. No details in the county case records.  For landlords with a "no eviction history" policy, how do you consider this filing precede...

The tenants have lived rent free in this home for many many years.  The owner is elderly and former father in law of the tenant.  Her son (owners grandson) and his girlfriend also live in the home.  The owner does not...

Closing on a property tomorrow in the Atlanta area. I want to make sure the guy that lives there is gone when we close... he is one of the sellers (there's like 8 - long story). If he is not gone when I get ownership ...

When renting out a unit with a backyard to a tenant, can landlords tell the tenants that the land itself is the landlords but it is available to them? Meaning the landlord can access with land without the tenants perm...

As a landlord in NJ, do I have the right to enter the premise with a licensed contractor to investigate violations from the township?Can the tenant deny my access if I give them enough notice ( > 24 hours)?

(Property is in Missouri.) We have a tenant whose power was just turned off. At the moment, I don't know if he is still there or not, and he does not answer the phone. Can we enter to empty and open the refrigerator, ...