Alex K.
Investing in Detroit
Many opportunities in the Metro Detroit area where you can buy a house for pennies on the dollar. Cheapest in the nation. What are your thoughts ?
Michael G.
How to manage the Property Manager
I may be the only one with these property management issues but it seems to be a recurring theme.
I've owned 4 rental units in a particular farm area. Almost without fail every single property management company I've...
Jake Ernst
Agent Dumped Me, Change Direction?
I have been working with a well known local real estate agent since the end of July and today he called to let me know that he can no longer go forward working with me as he has other clients and obligations. This doe...
Andrew Syrios
Landlord Rights Are Being Stripped Away—Why the Latest Examples of Squatting Should C
Landlord Rights Are Being Stripped Away—Why the Latest Examples of Squatting Should Concern You
The media tends to side with tenants and take a negative view of landlords overall. One notable exception was an episo...
Jackie Hung
Electronic rent payment vendors - eRentPayment or alternatives
Hi, I am currently using eRentPayment. I have just leased to a new tenant and this is a tech guy but he was having a hard time getting it set up. I am partly to blame as I didn't send him the email template that I got...
Mindy Jensen
VRBO Host cancelled stay because he forgot to raise rates
A friend made a reservation on VRBO for Thanksgiving. The host had a 5-day minimum set and non-holiday pricing in place. (Friend didn't realize it was non-holiday pricing.)Host sends friend a cancellation notice, and ...
Sharad M.
Location, Location, Location vs. Numbers, Numbers, Numbers!!!!!
What would you choose - a 20% cash on cash return in a decent neighborhood or 35% cash on cash return in not the best neighborhood? Everything else being equal.
If you could also explain why you would choose one over...
Mark Updegraff
Share your WORST tenant requests?
Relative newbie to Landlording 101 (just over 2 years)
What is the WORST (stupid, funny, challenged etc) request a tenant has made to you? It can be written or verbal
I'll go first, I expect you more experienced la...
Nina B.
Is agreeing to rental terms considered a binding verbal contract?
A Father came to look at our rental for his newly graduated college son. I gave the Father a Rental Application as well as an Oregon Rental Application Addendum & Fee Disclosure. The Father dropped of both signed ...
Nancy Roth
Should I kick them out?
A 3/1 townhouse I own in Baltimore was trashed by a Section 8 tenant who moved out at the end of 2016. I spent more than I expected getting it back in shape. Then had difficulty renting it for several months, for vari...