Lea Lange
federal housing laws, service & support dogs, landlord's rights
I allow my tenants to have most dogs. the exceptions are very specific quoted from my landlord's insurance. if my insurance will not cover damage of any kind caused by, say a german shepherd, and a prospective te...
Chris Stromdahl
Should I stay away from septic systems?
Looking at a property that has a septic system.Is this something that I want to stay away from?Or, as long as the inspection checks out, is it something that is easily managed and won't cause a lot of headache in the ...
Anne Whalen
Mold in rental property, do I charge my tenant?
Hi everyone, I have a property management question. I have a self-managed rental property in San Jose that recently turned over. After the tenants moved out, we noticed pretty extensive mold on both sides of the slidi...
Paul Passafiume
Tax withholding for professionals, CPA help please!
Hello folks, without getting in the weeds, I was hoping a CPA or tax lawyer can help out.
I make about 360k on a 1099, 30k in net real estate income, and 86k on a W2 which has taxes withdrawn. I max out my SEP IRA,...
Tom C
Advice on new project
Well I am a little worried.. I just started a rehab project on a new rental that I picked up this month and the other day I was fixing the plumbing. This was a total mess. The homes been empty for almost 2 years and a...
Bill Horton
Coronavirus - Commercial Real Estate
CORONAVIRUS IS AFFECTING COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
We have an office/retail building and our retail clients are having a difficult time with the shutdowns related to the coronavirus. Two businesses have closed their do...
Kevin May
Should I make a handyman an employee or contractor
Hey everyone,I have a tenant that I pay hourly for handyman projects at all the properties I own. I was thinking for liability(him breaking tenants property or anything else that could happen) reasons about making him...
Bruce Chang
Am I being scammed by the mold investigator?
I recently had a mold investigator take air samples from some bedrooms a tenant was complaining about. The results showed that there was an elevated presence of allergenic molds. No black molds. The levels that were...
Kyle Trotman
Inexpensive Ways to Avoid Spending THOUSANDS on Repairs
Hey guys! A little backstory that inspired me to write this post! I went on a call today to a house an women had been renting for the past 14 years. She claims to never go downstairs because of the stairs but she hear...
Jeff Kelly
Creative Solutions Requested to Help Keep House In The Family
I’d love to see what kinds of creative ideas anyone here might have to try and solve the problem this family I know of is having with figuring out how (or whether) to keep their parents’ house in the family. There are...