I have a tenant who emailed me at my work e-mail account on Christmas about a leaking garbage disposal that didn't seem to work anymore and that they had scheduled Roto Rooter to come fix it. Normally, I know that a l...

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I am going to start a small business with property management. I wan't to focus on single family residential and charge landlords either 10% or 15% of the rent.

I hav...

I have a young couple that has been in my home since last December, every quarter I do an inspection on the home to make sure everything is working etc. The first two inspections went well and the home was very clean....

We had the sidewalk and driveway redone on the tenant side of our duplex. Yesterday the concrete was poured. This afternoon I noticed that a smile, a pentagram and a third illegible mark had been inscribed in the now ...

I had a friend ask last evening if she needs to disclose to prospective tenants that their half of a duplex may be haunted. Not having any experience with this I thought I'd ask BP. She bought it as a rehab and in the...

I thought I’d give a try at being an out of state investor.I  purchased two duplexes in Davenport, Ia this year, One in January and one in April. Both of these properties are STILL vacant. I’m on my second property ma...

I am looking into hiring a property management company. One of the company is asking to be on the insurance policy. Is this normal?Also, if I fire them, they want a full rent commission until the lease end. Is this ex...

As we all know Cannabis became legal in Canada few weeks ago and tenants are allowed to have a small grow up (up to 5 plants if I am not mistaken) How are you handling it to make sure things don’t get out of control w...

I'm a first time home buyer. I've been on bp for about a year. Listening and reading. I'm bidding on this home. The realtor asked me what's my justification for asking 85% of the asking price. He said you could get re...

I'm waiting on a short sale to come through. The seller told me he replaced the sewer line (with PVC) without pulling a permit.

I'm planning to rent the house out first (for years). When I eventually sell will I have...