Karen F.
Apartment complex settles suit after criminal act of resident
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/03/28/after...It appears that in a privately owned housing complex in Mattapan, MA, a man who had been arrested for domestic violence, and whose girlfriend then refused to press ...
Rojay Chase
Soundproofing shared bedroom walls? is it worth it?
I'm closing on my first house hack in 30 days (not counting or anything).It's a 3 bd 2ba condo and each room shares a wall with each other. My plan is to rent the additional 2 rooms out so is soundproofing something I...
Jose Guevarra
Owners are divorced and hate each other
Hi,INITIAL SITUATION:I found a property in pre-forclosure where the owners are on title and on the mortgage but, they have been divorced for years and hate each other and live far from each other. We are planning on ...
Krystle Moore
STRO License - tier 3 applications
Has anyone not applied for their Tier 3 license? Just before the holidays, there were still over 2,000 licenses available. I am shocked - based on the number of TOT certificates, I thought for sure that there would be...
Mindy Jensen
Automatically Eliminating Criminal Records? Not so fast, says HUD
Criminal record? For years, landlords have been able to automatically disqualify any tenant with a criminal record - as they were not a protected class under Fair Housing Laws. Recent recommendations from HUD are call...
Shirley Fanduiz
Looking to rent my home to roommates or by rooms
I am looking to rent my single family home to roommates. I am new to this, and I wanted to get BP members good advise. I have read some topics in the forum, but wanted to know if it's better to rent by rooms or to roo...
Chris Oshea
Direct mail: Addressing owners, Mr., Mrs., Ms.?
I'm getting ready to mail out my second batch of "yellow letters" to a hand selected group of about 80 addresses.
I've got all of the owner information from the assessors database, but I'm confused as to how I should...
Tony Ngo
Tenant wants to add in husband with criminal record - need advice
Current situation, I rented a duplex out to a single mom with kids two months ago. She's on section 8. Section 8 pays 100% of the rent. I received a letter from section 8 saying that she got married so she'll need ...
Jerry Tello
Can an Elementary School negatively affect a SFH rental-ability?
Hello!I am currently looking for potential deals. I ran into a deal that is right across from an elementary school. My question is specifically to anyone out there who has a property located directly in front of a sch...
Diane Kruse
Have you ever Inherited bad leases
I am looking to purchase a 4-plex and asked to see the leases. At best the current owner is very sloppy, or worse he is trying to pull something because the rents are higher than average for the area. Each lease has...