Hello Everybody,
I live in Northern California and grew up in the Scottsdale, AZ area, where my family still lives.  I own a town home there as a rental property, and I wanted to figure out what advice you could give...

How often does everyone inspect your properties? Do you replace the air filters monthly yourself or allow the tenants to do it. I was thinking this would be a good reason to access the property regularly. Then mayb...

Hello! I have a tenant from hell moved out. Fixing place now and preparing to rent it out again. He was my first tenant and I learned a lot in two years of our relationship :) I had quite standard lease with him. I wo...

I haven't done a security deposit return for years, so I tried this one on a new to me spreadsheet. The main problem was dog odor. Do my deductions seem reasonable, in line with currently higher labor rates?1328 Illin...

Hello everyone - I'm a budding investor in the Austin, Texas area (first time on BP website but have been listening to the podcast for a while) and I'm in need of a really good, thorough lease agreement asap.   I rece...

Hello everyone,I am a new investor that owns two duplexes. I was wondering how everyone deals with their water softeners? Do you have tenants pay for and fill the water softener on their own? Do landlords buy the salt...

Authorities always encourage everyone to change the smoke detector batteries at the beginning of the new year.  I was wondering what others do about this.  Do you just hope the tenant does it or do you provide it as p...

I've posted before about this problem--now it appears to be back.

My old tenants complained repeatedly that the house was getting too hot. It has a Goodman air handler inside and a heat pump outside. The AC guy came ...

The Do's and Don'ts of Rental Arbitrage and why I think it is one of the best strategies RIGHT NOW for those getting into real estate for the first time, especially with today's rates and market. I used Rental Arbitra...

I'm relocating to a new state next month and recently converted my house hack to a whole home midterm rental. My property is a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom condo in Reston, Virginia. I often get asked home to convert a prima...