Hello BP!I had an interesting experience again today with another 'vacant' house.  The house had been recently broken into and vandalized and the owner was unaware(MOTIVATION!).  Anyway, the officer that responded to ...

My tentant's rent was due on September 1st and have not received it.  I tried to reach through text and left a message on his cell phone with no response.  His father just called today asking me if he had seen his son...

I inherited a tenant that was playing loud music at all hours of the night and having friends over where they would have weird screaming parties (drugs maybe?) Anyway, I send him a 30-day notice to leave the premises ...

First, this thread is NOT about the current legislation to create a national healthcare program. There are plenty of threads on here arguing the benefits and drawbacks of that specific bill, and I don't want this to ...

My old tenant left his broken car in the driveway when he vacated the house about two months back. For the first month, every time I asked him to move the car, he kept on reassuring me that he will do it the next day....

Me & My Wife bought 1 property and two lots really cheap on 2008. We got a "County Treasurer's Resale Deed" for each property after the sale(in about 1 week). We are keeping the lots to develop later, but we are t...

I'm not sure if many people are aware of the use of a conditional order of dismissal to crack down on lease violations. My experience is that some residents don't respond to lease violation letters and their behavior ...

We have horrible tenants. They've violated a number of clauses from our lease agreement. They smoke inside the unit, they've stolen packages from other tenants, they have explosives (fireworks) left in the hallway, th...

I have written permission from an owner to go into their house to see it before making an offer as a short sale. However, the house is boarded up and the owner now lives across the country.  Any thoughts on how I coul...

I wanted to just post my experience from the last two years of being a landlord in Washington, D.C. In addition to being a landlord, I am a police officer. The beginning , the first three months after the purchase I h...