Nathan B.
Problem tenant who pays their rent
I currently have a 1rst floor tenant who has been a reliable payer of the rent for the last 2.5 years. They pay 1050 for a 3 bedroom apartment that currently would rent for around 1450-1500 in the present market. ...
Dan Tanner
Pets and Smokers allowed or not pros and cons
I'm new to the rental business. How do you all handle pets and smokers? Allow or Not? If not, how do you ensure rules are abided by? What would be the penalties if you found they weren't abiding by the rules? If ...
Bailey A.
Tenant Claiming Her Privacy Was Violated
Hi All,I currently have a tenant (in TX) who is claiming her privacy was violated along with the Landlord-Tenant Laws. I notified her on 10/11 that pest control would be coming to the property on 10/13. She responded ...
Kalyn Williams
How do you collect your rent?
Hey Everyone, My husband and I are relatively new to being landlords. I am trying to find the most efficient way to send out a notice for Rent and collect it as well. Currently, I send out a formal text message 2 days...
Ralph Noack
Abusive tenant now an abusive ex-tenant, and threatening
Hey BP, Looking for your best bits of wisdom...We have a triplex in Brantford, Ontario, Canada.We successfully evicted our tenants about 2 weeks ago. The reason for the eviction was because they were smoking cigarette...
Julie Marquez
Rental Showings - No One Showed Up
http://skagit.craigslist.org/apa/5753275039.htmlHere's my rental listing, originally posted on Saturday morning. I also posted it on Zillow. I got a lot of response, maybe 10 -12 people through craigslist and 3 - 4 pe...
Molly Morlino
Eviction Due to SMOKING lease violation
We've owned our rentals (built from the ground up) for almost 2 years now and the time as come to eviction someone. Not happy... I really like this tenant and have no other issues whatsoever. They are pleasant, pay ...
Timothy Burns
How to approach Lease Violations--Rookie First Timer Landlord
To clarify my situation, I am in my first year of landlording, househacking a duplex, so I live next door to tenant. Tenant hasn't even been here a full six months and has broken the lease I feel several ways, but Im ...
Katrina Cabral
Yikes, What did I do wrong?! All my inquiries dried up!
I only have one rental and this is my first time listing it for rent. I listed it and got close to 50 inquiries within 24 hours. I sent a reply to all those that inquired and suggested that they reply with their name ...
Steven Groshong
No Applications, Rental Property
Hi all,
I recently made the jump to being a landlord and I'm having some trouble getting off the ground with tenants.As of today, the house has been on the market for 43 days and I've reduced the rent from 2800 to 25...