I am looking at an opportunity here in California to be a lender to a known acquaintance who has a flipping track record.  I would use a Secured Promissory Note as the lending vehicle.  I would like to get information...

I had a rough tenant who finally moved out. It’s been a long 18 months and to no surprise she left the place a mess. We replaced all the upstairs carpet. I only charged her for one room because it smelled heavily of d...

BP friends,When investing long distance, what is your strategy to secure the property while vacant?  (i.e. alarm system, lawn mowing, mail/etc collection)?  Any advice is most welcome!

what landlord should do if a tenant did not return keys and leave forwarding address?

We have a tenant that leased for one year.  She had a no pet clause yet unbeknownst to us brought a cat in.  There were uncleaned litter box during an inspection.  We had a a broker present too.  The smell was terribl...

Hi,I'm a landord with some small mostly student tenants multi unit buildings.  I've had some break ins in my laundry rooms and machines have been damaged by thieves going after coins.  The laundry machine vendor WASH ...

Just bought a 4-plex a month ago. I gave tenants a brief survey and all indicated they use coin-op laundry. However so far in my visits to property I have only received $1.00 in change from the machines. The former ow...

Has anyone in the Boston area installed security cameras at their property?    What did you do in terms of internet access for the cameras and do you have any vendors you recommend? 

I have a tenant that was supposed to be out before the first. On the first she was still moving out and than when I inspected the house a few days later it was infested with cockroaches. I had an exterminator come out...

I am renting out my unfurnished 2BR / 2 BA townhouse for $2k/month. Security deposit is $3,500 + first and last month's rent are the move-in costs, bringing it to $7,500. Right now I got 2 prospective tenants, both wo...