Becky Lu
Rental property WITHOUT a basement in Kansas City - good or bad?
Hi guys,I just put a few offers in Kansas City, MO for SFH. At first I was only looking for properties with a concrete basement because of the natural disaster - tornado. Along the way, I've learned that most of the p...
Jon S.
Tenants Want to Completely Turn Off Electicity and AC?
It's 96 degree days here in Tampa as summer approaches, and getting hotter. A tenant is moving out at the end of this month, but they want to shut off their power 2 weeks before their lease is up, because they are mov...
John Finch
When is a house required to be brought up to code?
I'm looking at flipping a house within City of Houston (this would be my first). It was built in 1952, no signs of code updates (electrical, smoke detectors, etc). If I'm thinking of doing a rehab on this property (it...
Christopher Geddes
Does anyone include cleaning service for tenants?
Hi All,I'm new to BP. I recently purchased my first property in Montana. My unit is near a university and I inherited college students. They are fine renters but I have noticed that cleanliness is average at best and ...
Mikey Cas
is this ethical?
Would it be considered unethical to call the neighbors of a sellers home. Just to ask basic questions, I did a property information search and found out this property I'm interested in was purchased a year a go for $7...
Josh Bertolet
Range vents
Im preatty new to REI. I just bought my 1st property last week. One of the things Ive noticed in my renting years and many of the rental properties ive visited is most if not all have inadequate or nonexistent range v...
Chris B.
Hoarder tenants - what to do
The current tenants in one of my SFHs are hoarders. Boxes still remain along with piles of clothes and everything else throughout the house in every room and hallway since move-in. This is a safety and health hazard...
Laura Kayes
Mechanics Lien with a Property Manager-TEXAS
Hi everyone,First, for disclosure I am a licensed agent and a property management company owner in the state of Texas. Okay, back in April of this year I was working for a PM company as an employee and a vendor is ask...
Nat C.
How to evict this tenant? -Las Vegas
I bought a 4-plex in Clarke County, Las Vegas just over a month ago. There were 3 units occupied when I bought it.
2 of the tenants are fantastic and paid rent immediately. The third is an incredibly rude, arr...
Ray Alvarez
Finding renters in San Diego
Hello,I'm closing on a townhome in Mission Valley this month. I wanted to see how hard/long it was to find a renter for your investment property? I think my biggest concern, along with everyone's is that it will take ...