My basement had water a few days ago, and I immediately contacted my contractor and his crew to come in to remediate the issue. The tenant had a few items damaged, and I had warned him before that it may flood. In fac...

tenant informed he painted the house and wants to pay half the rent  (400 not 800). He reminded me that when he moved in last year I said if he paints i will reduce rent, but never said how much. This was to be a disc...

Anyone here have, or are considering, house hacking with friends or family?
I have a couple buddies in San Francisco who I've been talking to about potentially co-buying a place in Tahoe and I am wondering if anyone ...

Hi all,
I have two tenants in my 3B/3B property. One of the tenant has been there for 2 years with the same rent amount since he moved in we have a month to month lease. When is recomendé to increase the rent and how...

I just recently renter my apartment to a lady (25) and fiancee (21) less than 2 weeks ago. In her signed rental application form she stated she didn't own a pet. on the rental application form states that your lease c...

Hey BP nation. My wife and I bought our first property, a 4-plex, almost a year ago so we are still pretty green as for as land-lording goes. We have a tenant who we inherited from the previous owner that has a seriou...

After reading through the landlord forum and taking notes, I have a list of recommended clauses to put into leases. Some were just copy and pasted, so there is some added "commentary" to them. Some of them are also go...

I have an issue with a tenant repetitively clogging the sewer, and requiring a plumber to unclog each time. The first two times I hired the plumber and covered the costs. The plumber believes it is an issue with use -...

What is the standard approach when renting to an unmarried vs married couple? My thought was that if it's an unmarried couple, they must individually qualify to be a tenant or else their name cannot go on the lease as...

I have a fourplex in Houston, TX and I live in SoCal.  I have been going back and forth in legal matters trying to renegotiate our lease rates with my tenants.  They are using it as an Airbnb Arbitrage, which is viola...