Hello everyone! My husband and I are new investors and we are trying to clean up our financial messes so we can be on our way to financial independence. Before we seriously considered the idea of investing, we made th...

I've never rented a house, only apartments before I bought my first and only house.Is it so commonly known who pays which utilities that landlords don't bother listing that detail? Is there some other reason?Who typic...

I'm looking at a 16 door property in a C part of town. As I push through the recovery stage I want to keep the property safe so I've put security cameras into my numbers.

But, what about security systems in the apar...

Hi everyone,I just listed my flip, and I bought an alarm system, but the sheriffs office wants 2 referrals for people who can be there within 20 minutes of it being triggered.  I live over an hour away!  How do you ha...

Response to a persons question on Crime management at Self StorageMy Brother wrote the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical warfare manuals for all North American Air Force and Army bases. One California Fire Season he wa...

I'm seriously considering the purchase of a vacant former drug house in a rougher part of town. I can buy it for $5K with an ARV of $49K. Obviously it's a total rehab. Anyway, since I'm still getting start I perform ...

My tenant's lease expires May 31st and when I asked them about renewing they informed me that the father had lost his job. They are asking to do month to month until he finds another job.

What would you do in...

Three 20 something's  living in the house and  they never answer the door.  I have had 3 separate instances where myself or another tenant knocked on the door and   they would not answer. These were all for various c...

Hi, my name is Walter, and I am learning to being a landlord, of buildings that my parents owned for a long time. I am from the Philadelphia area.Just recently went through a difficult time, having to deal with a diff...

Hello hello.  I was just inside one of my units fixing some plumbing, and I noticed they had taken down 3 smoke alarms and the only carbon monoxide alarm.  Only two of the original 5 smoke alarms were still up (though...