We have billed our tenants through Quick Books for several years.  In August I unwittingly took on a "Professional Tenant" who is making my life a nightmare.His September rent was 21 days late.  He insisted his paymen...

Hi, I am a new agent and am in the process of signing with a broker for the first time.   Besides immediate friends and family who know me, how do I market or introduce myself as a new agent with no experience.  Is th...

Hey BP,Fortunately we have not had any vacancies in several months, but the other day one of our tenants who is getting relocated by the Army said that they would be moving. So we went to list the unit to our website ...

This is going to be long, but certainly worth reading if you are considering any of these companies. Reading this may very well save you significant aggravation and money. I was hesitant to put in the time to document...

Just getting started, anyone find it beneficial to have a separate phone for business or too complicated/unnecessary expense? 

I will be closing on a 4 plex apartment building this month. Each unit in the building needs new windows and could use some updates to the kitchen and needs new carpet. IRS rules require that repairs, when done as par...

Today we got a little house under contract and it will be our first short term rental. Over the last few months, I have read countless posts on BiggerPockets about how short term rentals have been struggling with canc...

I have been using Sparkrent for a few months and have liked it on the landlord side, but I have had 3 tenants that all have stumbled at one point using it on the tenant side.  I decided to look for another service.I d...

Most counties have public back ground checks, I think.  Meaning, I can type your name in a counties database and if you have been arrested before I can if you have been arrested and for what.   I know there are backgr...

Hi, a family member and I are considering investing in our first investment property. I've read that forming an LLC to purchase the property is a good way to protect ourselves from liability. However, I also underst...