Kathleen Volpe
Unwanted tenant in Indiana
I'm new to BP and have learned so much. I'm so glad there is a website like this. Here's my dilemma. My husband and I have recently bought a 4 unit apartment building in Indiana. The seller is an elderly woman (85) wh...
Nic Juncos
Hello from Adrian, MO!! (45 minutes from southern Kansas City)
Hello fellow BP members!Four years ago, my wife and I moved from Springfield, MO to a small town called Adrian, MO (45 minutes from south KC area). We purchased our first home, a HUD house, which has been a full on fi...
John Mich
Bought house with tenant. Tenant doesn't live there. Help!
So I bought a house cash and intent to flip it. It's a mess. The seller told me there is a rent paying tenant who has been in place for 22 years. Seller has no lease on file. He says the tenant owns several propertie...
Bill Gulley
September 11, 2001 Ten Years Later
I woke up at my cabin at the lake and got my coffee. My wife turned on the TV and called me into the living room telling me what had happened. I stood there watching and at first thought it was a small plane untill th...
James N.
Avoiding taxable gain by living in property 2 of last 5 years
Hello BP,I have a condo I lived in for about 2 1/2 years as my primary residence, then I leased it out for about 2 1/2 years. I'm looking to sell and avoid taxable gain. I'm trying to determine exactly what day I have...
Mark Daniels
Tenants during bathroom remodel
Hi, I'm wondering if anybody has any experience with a unit with one bathroom that needs a bathroom remodel in the middle of a tenant's lease. The remodel is because of a leak so it needs to be done now, I'm wondering...
Sandra Koen
Is this legal for my landlord to do?
Long story short, I’ve been back and forth with my landlord for months. I rent half of a private home. I was late on rent (but still paying) and asked to move out because my lease was up. I was unable to leave right t...
Miho Y.
Tenant installed W & D racked up 1000 water bill
So our elderly couple (65-70 range) tenants who work as caregivers for a senior living facility installed washer and dryer in the unit without consulting us. They said they didn’t want to contract covid19 at a laundro...
Sahil Syed
Renting out each room furnished separately wants to know eviction strategies
Hi everyone, I'm planning to move to Cleveland,Ohio and had recently purchased a property. I find that the market rents in Cleveland are pretty decent and compared to the state that I live in currently all the 3 major...
Ryan Kramer
New Investor Intro
Howdy! My name is Ryan, and I live in a suburb on the East side of Cleveland. I currently own one side-by-side duplex in Euclid (purchased end of 2022), and am looking to eventually buy more rental properties, and pos...