Hello, I’m helping my son start a junk removal company and he has come across an opportunity to service an apartment complex once a week. It would be cleaning dumpster areas of illegal or over dumping. I’m looking for...

Hi Everyone,I am a new member & investor and would like to know if anyone has a good resource or checklist for property management and portfolio management.I want to keep everything organized as I am sure there is...

I am considering buying a Single Family residence in Ames, Iowa and I have a few questions:1. What rate would you charge for a Property Manager?2. What services would you ask them to provide?3. As an owner that is not...

I can't imagine calling his poor parents... he was found by a friend that told police he was staying with tenant (without my knowledge). The police/coroner had taken his body out before they called me.I feel just terr...

I just purchased a duplex, the outside of the property is messy and needs to be cleaned up. Do I have to notify my tenants every time I will be outside the property working? I'm not working inside at all, solely outsi...

I've been using vacuum cleaner hand-me-downs and I keep breaking them.  I need a vacuum cleaner that will suck up all kinds of gunk including small drywall debris and drywall dust from carpet.  Should I go cheapo beca...

This is our 2nd tenant for our rental property and just got a laundry list of complains after moving it.  Just minor issues that we can easily resolve but its a little discouraging since we never had any issue with ou...

Do any of you have a clause in your lease to inspect the property, say every 90 days or something similar? I have to keep after him about trash outside, do I have a right to want the inside reasonably clean??

Hello,I am currently using the lease agreement provided here by BP.  I see no where on there about gutters, and my tenant has water coming in the basement, but my handyman showed me photos of overgrown gutters.  How w...

My triplex has a ~6'x8' enclosed area for trash cans (55 gallon rolling receptacles). Each unit has one for trash and one for recycling so there are six in total. The cans need to be rolled to the curb twice a week an...