Jeff G.
Book Keeping: Tracking rents, Utilities and issuing receipts?
So we just closed on our first rental property this morning, the property is fully rented and has long standing tenants. My wonderful wife will be doing all the book keeping and managing of the property from an office...
Alex Silang
Thinking about becoming a real estate agent to save money
I'm thinking about becoming a real estate agent. I'm a landlord. It's $500-700 upfront, and I'll easily make that back in my first deal.My question is: I don't feel comfortable buying on my own. My current agent is ve...
Drew Kimminau
Tenant Not Paying Rent
So today is 10/18/2017, and I STILL HAVE NOT BEEN PAID!!! The rent is now over 2 weeks over due and I am being way to lenient. To preface this story/experience we are typically paid within the first 5 days of the mont...
Frank Jiang
Just closed my first SFR Rental deal! Looking for accounting software.
Hello BP,I have been a reader of the site for quite some time but I have not yet posted. This week, my wife and I closed on our first deal: SFR in Memphis, TN with a 2-year lease tenant already in place.In my day job...
Scott Jensen
Scheduling Rental Property Showings for SFH - How much time?
Hello BP!I just listed my first rental property. So far so good. 8 Inquiries so far and I want to do showings tomorrow... How long do I schedule these showings for? At 30 minutes each I am already spending a half day...
Account Closed
Seller says they meant to counter but executed our offer!?!
Hello everybody, We were able to find a great property listed through the MLS and being offered through an estate. Rehab costs along with our offer appear like it will put us in a great position to execute the BRRRR...
Javier Perez
Late lease payments grace period
Hi, This is more of an opinion question I guess. Currently, I do the following for my tenants:1. Send out a notice on the 1st of the month as a reminder that rent is due.2. If payment is not received. 24 hours before ...
Jessica Sudyn
Property Management Stoftware
Hello, I was looking to get some advice on property management software as a landlord. I came across an ad for a program called doorloop on FB that says you can collect rent, request maintenance , list your property, ...
Michael Fucillo
Feedback on Rentvine
Hello!As the title suggests I'm looking for feedback on Rentvine from someone who has or does use it. I have seen a lot of discussions on other PM software (Buildium, Propertyware, Property Manager, Appfolio, Yardi)....
Pete B.
Tenant changing attic air filter
We have a home with an hvac unit in the attic, our lease requires tenants to replace the air filter. We had a tenant living here a couple years ago and replaced the hvac system while he was living here. We moved back ...