John K.
Tenants Changing In Unit Security Deposit
Situation: Two adults, two children. The two adults are parent and child (over 18), both are on the current lease. They were inherited tenants, and have been EXCELLENT tenants almost always paying on time like clock...
Cal C.
My Phantom Tenant picked by my ex-PM company
I recently evicted a tenant who had never lived in my property. He had signed the lease as a favor for his sister in law (a professional tenant). I could go on and on about this tenancy, but that is not the reason f...
Jonas Ball
APS "Adult Protective Services" took one of our tenants...
Hello Bigger Pockets, I have an Apartment manager question.My girlfriend "Rani" is the apartment manager for a 20 unit apartment complex. One of her tenants has been diagnosed with Alzheimers, but the tenant (lets cal...
Rachel Hughes
How would you equip 3 bedrooms for sleeping?
How would you furnish 3 bedrooms for sleeping? I am purchasing a 3 bedroom home with an ADU. My husband and I will be living in the ADU and using the main house as an STR.
The property is in a residential area and n...
Sylvia H.
Tenant stuck toy in the toilet and doesn't feel its her fault.
Have a question for all you landlords out there. I have in my lease a clause which states that the tenant is responsible for keeping the sinks and toilets working. Barring a leak or a gut replacement which happens, I ...
Ryan Rypel
Can you refuse to rent to families/people with kids
Odd question but I was wondering if u can refuse to rent to a person with a kid or make your properties adult only? Mainly I ask because I recently showed my place and the kid was a complete brat and concern he will d...
Tim Bartel
Do I put adults with bad credit on the lease?
I sometimes accept multiple adults in an apartment, where only one of them is financially able (or has decent credit history) to make the rent payments. Should I still put all adults on the lease? My concern is that t...
Colleen Ross
Occupants over the age 18
Hello Bigger Pockets! We are about to accept an applicant with two college - aged sons (over age 18) who will be living with her. She is the only applicant but we did require that anyone over the age 18 get a backgr...
Linda Thomas
Would you consider this a red flag?
Potential tenant. Meets the 3x rent requirement. Only source of income is ssi and ssd for herself and 2 other family members. Is this normal for 3 people in one household to receive. I was planning on giving her the a...
Ali Daiy
Subletting passive income idea
I was thinking of an idea to make passive income from real estate without buying. Going to bigger cities like Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Chicago, Dallas, etc. Finding landlords who own single family properties w/ l...