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Hello, A few months ago, I purchased an eight-unit, two-story apartment building in a more blue collar part of Lubbock that has seen a number of tenants either vacate or get evicted, thus we are down to less than half...
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I'm house hacking a SFH, i.e. I'm going to live in one bedroom and rent out the other two rooms to tenants who are also my roommates. I know that as a landlord, you're not allowed to ask personal questions to avoid di...
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I have a couple properties in Kansas City, MO. Is there a property management company that you recommend? Thanks,
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If you want to spend less time arguing with renters over timely payments, make paying the rent as convenient as possible. Offer online payment options, or, better yet, automatic ACH debits from a...
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Just bumped into this app called rent karma where the landlord can review the tenants. You can write reviews such as how well they maintained your property as well as how punctual they are on rent payments. This app s...
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After advertising my rental, there was much more of a response than I anticipated. I had to ask these people to stand by until the unit was vacant. Most of them were emails. Now that I am ready to show it, I realiz...
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I'm in the process of vetting an out of state market for rental property purchases with the intent of building up my "passive" net cash flow. Since I live (Raleigh, NC) about 4 hours drive from the market I've honed ...
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Over the years I've found that people do not read my advertisements completely and waste a tremendous amount of time showing property to people who do not qualify. I've recently been sending an email to every inquiry...
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In my area we have lots of homeless families living in hotels. The state of MA pays about $82/night per family to live in the hotels. Does anyone know if we can set up a house as a short term rental and have the ...