I have a three-unit property, and the family in the main house has a well-behaved male dachshund. Now they want to get a female to keep the male company--and they want to breed and "find good homes for" the puppies. ...

Shoot it is expensive to have someone come in and refinish floors.  I never had to get a quote before and I had a GC come in today and check out my plans.  He actually told me to scale back a bit and not renovate as m...

So, I help my dad who lives out of the country manage a duplex that he recently bought. This is our first round of tenants, we have one side rented, that *knock on wood* seem great. We screened a lot of tenants and wa...

You own a rental out of state, you fire your current property manager after only 2 months. Your new PM emails you a couple dozen photos of the property to document the condition of the property when he took over. Th...

What is recommended, hiring a real estate agent to find you a tenant or do it yourself? I know it depends on what market your at, but how long does it take you on average to rent your property out? And if you use a...

I am preparing to do my first absentee owner direct mail campaign and this is the letter i have come up with.

(Subject’s name)
Street
City, state zip

Dear (subject),
I am writing you, because I am interested in pur...

Hello everyone. This is my first post on the forum besides the new member area. I have been reading a book about investing in Duplexes, Triplexs and Quads. So far, the author has expressed his use of GRM (Gross rent m...

At the end of a one year lease, does it make sense to offer them a lower increase if they choose to stay on month to month, and higher increase if they sign a new one year lease (since they would be "locking in" the p...

Hello Everyone, When to list??? Looking for best standard practice. Trying to find the right balance of when to list, when people are searching but is usually before the home is cleaned and viewable. Too soon and peop...

I have 1 house thats been rented to a middle age woman , I was doing some clearing of brush and vines and I kept seeing this "stray" cat wandering around the house .(I have a NO pets policy) So the next day I broug...