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Ok BP family finally got my first house that I will be house hacking in a few (hopefully) but I'm having a issue with the first floor tenant. I became the landlord on January 31st and on feb 1st my tenants in a 2 unit...
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Let me start with a little history. We purchased this property in Indianapolis through a turn key provider. The turn key company purchased this property through a tax sale. We funded the flip and then they have taken ...
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I would like to imprint the keys to our rental units with "Do Not Duplicate" to deter tenants and/or their guests from making multiple keys that can into the wrong hands. We supply all keys to tenants for our lock...
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Today, I was just informed by the occupants, (notice I didn't say my tenants), they asked for an appeal from the judgment of possession to obtain more time to vacate. That specifically was their reason for filing the...
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I've just collected the first month, the deposit, and the pro-rated rent for the remaining days of August on my first rental.
Tomorrow I do the walkthrough with the wife (tenants are husband and wife).
The contrac...
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I'm doing a quick survey and want to know how many keys you carry on your ring? Thanks in advance.
Hello, I was notified by a tenant that she wants another mailbox key - ie a duplicate. I gave her one key for the mailboxes and two for entry into the unit. The reason I'm resisting this is because I found out that sh...
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One of my units has mortise/skeleton key locks/knobs on the bedrooms. We don't have the keys to these old locks, and my tenants say that the doors have locked before, which is a concern (for obvious reasons!). I'd lik...
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It looks like they give only one copy of the control/master key which has the words "Do not duplicate" on it. I was able to get a duplicate from Home Depot, but the duplicate would not even get into the lock. I would ...
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I have collected the signed lease, fees sheet, and the cashiers check for the deposit and first months rent. I do a background/credit check and I verify the employment with the employer verbally, but have not been col...