I am having a tough time understanding how $250-300 per unit is adequate for a CapEx Reserve. For example, if an HVAC blows out, that’s a $3000+ expense and there goes 10 years of reserves. There are so many other ite...

Hello all! I suppose this is my introductory post, so here's the introduction: My name is Mariah.  I'm originally from Seattle, but currently live in Houston with my husband (who is originally from Detroit), our beaut...

Hello,I'm going to be a first time MF buyer and plan on house hacking.  I have a dog myself and, therefore, will have to allow pets in other units as well.  What liability falls on me, the landlord, if there are anima...

Hello Bigger Pockets! Let me first start off by saying I have so many questions, but I figured I better introduce myself before I start asking. So here we go...My name is Ari, I'm a senior ux-designer for a tech compa...

Have you ever had a tenant argue with you about an odor? I often allow pets and have had some great tenants with pets, but have occasionally been left with smelly apartments. I have one that's really bad right now, ...

I've got two vacancies coming up in the next two months and as of right now I don't have any formal written tenant screening criteria. My price range tends to attract a decent number of tenants with bad histories (cri...

I closed on my first investment property in Indianapolis last month and got my first check a few days ago.  Thanks to BP I am now a real estate investor!  I got the property through a Turn key company run by a BP memb...

It’s crazy to me how many potential tenants have aggressive breed dogs. I would estimate that a good 25% of the people that contact me any given month about a property have a Pitbull or multiple. They are shocked wh...

I know some of you landlords have a weight limit on dogs...for example a "not to exceed 25 pounds" clause.Is this weight limit typically a "CURRENT" weight or is this a eventual full grown weight?

A tenant of mine just informed me she got a pit bull puppy and did not ask permission. It states in my lease they need written permission.

The tenant is kinda slow and I could not understand what she was saying over ...