So my husband inherited a multifamily home in illinois when his dad died. We moved in to the first floor. And now have also inherited tenants in the upstairs apartment. These tenants didn't have a signed lease. They a...

Hi All, I recently closed my first deal and will be house hacking a two family in Quincy. We took possession of one of the units on 9/1, and found that the previous tenants left several large pieces of furniture behin...

Bottom line: I am looking for ways to bring others, who want to invest with me, into single deals. Will likely be different ‘partners’ for each successive deal and/or have multiple deals going at one time.Background:...

Hi Investors,One of our tenant recently moved out.  We are still waiting for quotes for some of the fixes.  If we have not fix the issue yet(cracked tiles & garage doors), can we still deduct the security deposit?...

Hi all. Looking to get some feedback. Is it unreasonable for me to request a breakdown of services and receipts from my property managers contractor when doing a repair. My PM had their contractor do a make ready afte...

During our recent wave of turnovers we are seeing that most of tenants have a rather lax view of what 'clean' really is. Our homes are cleaned top to bottom when they are turned over to our tenants but what they leave...

Hi All,Real estate investor here from Connecticuti have a situation i have never encountered before. My rental unit is non smoking, and upon lease termination the whole apartment smells like smoke, as well as dried up...

Hello BiggerPockets,My former Chicago landlord just mailed my security deposit back without interest. I know it'd be only about $1 but it seems he should know the procedure for this sort of thing and should not be tak...

Someone I know bought a property in the 70s to use as a second home. They did this and then turned it in to a rental, self-managed, after a number of years. They never took depreciation on the property for whatever re...

I'm asking $995 first month's rent, + $795 security deposit, so total about $1800 to move in. I don't know if most tenants have this much cash available at once, and if I'm being reasonable (I did already make the dep...