Kenneth C.
Post Eviction (Cut Utilities)
BP Community!I have a question. I have a "friend" that has an apartment unit that consistently has bad tenants. As a precaution, they now include in their lease that the landlord pays certain utilities and will be rei...
Jacquice Davis
Seller refusing to sign release during contingency period
Hi all. I had an offer accepted on a parcel of land and sent my earnest money deposit to my title company. My agent built in a 45-day feasibility study contingency period into the contract. Two days after we were unde...
Nolan Connor
Seller disclosure fraud
This past Friday I closed on my first rental property. After all documents were signed the seller told me to not flush toilet paper down the toilet bc it backs up and she doesn’t want what happened to her to happen to...
Rob White
My long term tenant is illegally Vacation Renting my Condo
Aloha,My Hawaii lease agreement states no subletting of the unit and the county zoning for the condo complex is for long term rentals only, making vacation renting illegal.I found out my year lease tenant was vacation...
Jane Dang
New fence replacement on rental property is deductible or depreciation
Hi,My rental property is a single-family home. I had to replace the fences after a strong storm last year, which costed $4200 in materials and labor. Is it possible for me to declare it as a repair and deduct the expe...
Emanuel Blando
Local Governments Restricting STRs
On 5/3/2023 the City of Kansas City, MO announced that Short-Term Rentals will be completely banned in ALL residential zoning! I had not taken it seriously until I read a couple of articles outlining their plans. Mo...
Mary Joe
Renter's Insurance - how do you phrase that in the lease?
Does anyone have the language you use in the lease for Renter's Insurance?
I am about to renew the lease with my tenant but it gets very costly having to spend another $250 for my attorney just to add a simple parag...
Wendy Black
Determining the Quality of an HOA
We live in AZ; have rentals in CA. Both of our SoCal rentals (one condo, one SFR) are in HOA areas. In two years, we've never had any problems with them. We bought them as newbies, and all we looked at were the fee...
Account Closed
How can a landlord protect himself against the bad apples
Hi guys. I'm close to having my condo ready for renting. I have to go year by year by the by-laws. I'm putting in a lot of effort into making this property respectable. My question is, how far can I go in the leas...
Steve Y.
Hostile Tenant and Dodgy Health Inspector
Hey Local BP'ers,
Must warn you, this is a lengthy read but an interesting scenario that could happen to you. I have a hostile tenant whose going directly to the local health inspector and building inspector to repor...