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...

How do I handle a security deposit in MN? Do I have to have a dedicated account? How do others do this? Thanks!

Hi...if a landlord forgets to provide a security deposit receipt at the start of a lease is it OK to provide one several months into the lease?