Jessica Lambert
Advice please! Tenant that won’t get out….
I have a rental home in Waynesboro PA. The tenant has not paid September or October rent. She has been on a month to month lease since March. I have a strict no pet policy and she had multiple animals in the home that...
Benjamin DuPont
Terrible tenants make you want to quit.
I'm a small-time owner. I have 11 doors. For 7 years I have had great success with my rentals.This month, I filed the starts of an eviction. It was the first one I've ever submitted to courts. Tenant ghosts me and I s...
Renee R.
Applicant has no email address and red flags
I posted an available unit on Craigslist and was contacted by the son of a possible applicant because the father has no email address. I did my standard phone screening and also told the son that if the father applies...
Victor Latimer
300k to build 1100 SF 3/2 ADU or invest in stock market
Hello all. So I live in the south bay of Los Angeles (Torrance/Harbor Gateway). My primary property is a 3/2 1266 SF home on a 7500 lot. We have in a hand the permit to build a 3/2 1100 SF home in backyard. I I can ge...
Tami LaBella
Self Management on rentals
Hi everyone. We currently own 3 units and plan to buy more in the future. For the past 13 years we have self managed and want to continue to. We created a business name and accept all rent and make payments through ...
Ben Daniel
Requiring online payments with a debit card - and it made the news
Just saw this story pop up on my local news site:http://kxan.com/2014/07/28/east-austin-tenants-for...Is this a national trend, requiring online payments in lieu of any other payment method? If so, is it being met wit...
Gabe G.
some tenants "entitled" mentality?
As a recent landlord, I am interested to see some(not all) tenants entitled mentality?1. Where they don't think they have to pay rent, and don't understand why they are being evicted after not paying rent, and after I...
Michael Burrows
Self Storage Equity Financing
About a year ago, my brother and I inherited a 5 self-storage facility, 3500 unit real estate portfolio from our father. For the past year, we have managed the transition well enough to achieve 8% rental rate growth. ...
Erin Auman
What to do about hoarder tenants ?
What’s the best way to deal with hoarder tenants? We’ve already started the eviction process because they haven’t paid rent. We did an inspection today, and it’s much worse than we thought. Should we contact any ot...
Nathan Coldsmith
Having issues with inherited tenants
Does anybody else have issues and problems with inherited tenants? I've noticed inherited tenants require more attention, management hassles, and carry a sense of entitlement, do not listen/ respect, and leave the pla...