Hey everyone.Our Airbnb came with a Vivint Security System(door sensor, smart deadbolts, window sensors on all windows, video doorbell, camera in back and a few other things).  It's $50 a month for the monitoring.How ...

Hi everyone,We own a couple small apartment properties that don’t currently have onsite management and with that don’t have the need for us to have telephone and internet service. Due to some recent theft at one of th...

I'm a local real estate Investor in California, Lately I've been flipping a lot of houses here, but one thing I've been having trouble with is having workers or friends of workers steal my appliances, because i have s...

(Re-posting here - used the wrong forum before).Hey BP! Looking for some input on an inspection report.I am under contract to purchase a 4 bed 1.5 bath row home in Philadelphia. This is my first home purchase, and I h...

I have a unit that has experienced way too many plumbing issues. Now it seems I have a toilet that has some issues. For one it doesn't seem to flush very well. The tenants have not complained, but I have noticed th...

I am managing a rental property on my own since it's only a few miles away from where I live. I usually go there once every few weeks to check on things. Two times in a row, I saw old furniture and household stuff d...

Hello fellow landlord,Does anyone have issue with illegal dumping at your apartment? We are finding furniture and trash being dump at our trash site that does not belong to tenant that live at the apt complex. I wonde...

We’ve all seen some behemoth corporations go down in the past decade, from the retail giants like Circuit City all the way to firms like Bear Stearns in the financial crisis. It’s a tough fate for a company regardl...

I'm looking to put a lake house into the short term rental market.  It's in a good area with high weekly rental expected (> $5,000 per week in peak season).  Looking for some insight from experienced STR's about wh...

Are many of you adding alarm/security systems to your SFH rental properties? Are they considered a "value add?"  What type of systems/service are you using and how is the monitoring fee handled between you and the te...