Hi everyone, So my husband and I just bought our first buy and hold rental. Everything was going great. We waited to get good tenants (about a month of going through applications) and the tenants we chose just moved i...

I have a question for the seasoned landlords...How do you handle it if a tenant calls you about an issue that they feel is an emergency (which may or may not be an actual emergency) and you are not able to go over the...

Ball park numbers: how much does it cost to fully replace a water heater with labor? Just want to see if my quotes are not too high (i know it varies by places).

I have an apartment that is below grade that had a wooden floor that buckled. We removed the floor boards and found moisture coming up thru the concrete floor underneath. The American Leak Detection company came out t...

Hi BP community!We have been landlords for many years, with multiple properties. We haven't had this issue before and we aren't sure how to handle it. Any advice would be helpful and appreciated!We have new tenant who...

I have a scenario where the tenants experienced financial difficultly in July and were unable, they claim, to pay Aug rent, due on the 1st.  They also noted via email there intention to move via a 30 day notice.  Howe...

Wondering what people’s personal experiences/thoughts are with turning their primary residence into a LT rental property! I know there’s emotional side to it seeing it’s a lot of people’s first home purchase. Me being...

I just received a maintenance request after the tenant decided to fix a clogged sink. The tenant cut off all of the under sink plumbing to remove the clog and then realized he doesn’t know how to put the pieces back t...

i am a newbie who live in NYC. i read a lot of valuable info from BP posts that a lot of professionals provide. i am a little too late to invest anything in NYC btw, i have a 2 family house on Staten island which i bo...

Pending an inspection, I think I just bought a rental property here in Greenville!  Wahoo! It is a bank foreclosure that was sold as is. I am trying to be unemotional because I trust the numbers I used, but this is on...