We own a house and rent it out. We hired a property manager in 2013. He died suddenly in 2015. He had our tenant’s deposit in an escrow account. After they moved out we had to give them their money back out of our own...

This elderly tenant signed the lease for one year. Paid first and last month rent. Started to move some boxes and light furniture in the next 2 days. On the 3'rd day, I received a phone call from her daughter who rep...

The landlord and tenant had the contract for three years and landlord suddenly died within a year. The heir of landlord sold the property to new owner. When the new owner asked the tenant to move out, should the tenan...

Hi BP,Thinking of doing a driveway widening project for a single family home (no apron modification). To widen the driveway, I'd like to trim half of a 10 foot tall and maybe 7-8 ft wide privacy hedge (my adjoining ne...

Hi all, I was helping my mom replace outlets in her 37 year old home and 4 were replaced with no difficulty then suddenly a bunch of appliances in the kitchen went out including the fridge. The fuse box says everythin...

I'm trying to continue the good discussion on the "Housing crash" thread that @Greg R. created few months ago and had the number one posts in the history of BP including a very insightful post from @James Hamling. But...

If tenants were effected and couldn't pay rent as a result of contracting coronavirus no evictions. This is an interesting twist where because of a public health crisis landlords are forced to essentially extend credi...

with all the innovative ways BP readers make money anyone concentrating on this exciting area of creating wealth?

Hi, you all. About 2 1/2 years ago, I got a inheritance from my dad's passing. Though I would rather have him than the inheritance. But he's fine though. So, I invested in 3 condos. In the mean time, I became a direct...

How many different conflicting opinions are there in real estate that cause doubt and inaction?   Here are the ones that I have had to deal with.  Feel free to add you own issues and how you dealt with them.  1.  Get ...