Tammy Whited
Issues with a Landlord
Got a question for anyone who is willing to read and answer. Ok, we are renting a home in Texas, we had to break the lease, but we worked hard and found a new tenant. We have done nothing but be cordial with the lan...
Jack B.
How to visit tenants for inspection without notice?
Can't find unauthorized tenants, pets, drug labs, etc. when I have to give 48 hours notice.
Sanglak Choi
Is it possible to force appreciate condos?
Hi BP,Quite new here and actually, this is my first post so hello everyone. So far in my education and experience is from single-family homes, so I wanted to know what people's opinions and experiences are about condo...
Rodney Burayidi
Respecting Tenant Requests Can Also Be A Win For The Landlord.
Sometimes tenants can point out flaws in a unit that an owner won’t notice because the owner doesn’t live in the unit. The tenant of this unit pointed out that one of the windows in his bedroom was not actually a wind...
Stephanie Goodman
Front porch nightmare!
So I bought a house in Michigan to flip and the front porch was broken and up on cinderblocks, the whole thing needed to come down and be rebuilt. I thought no big deal, factored in about $1000 in labor and materials....
Wayne Yahnke
How to manage off market purchases
Ive got a hot lead on a property in my market. This will be the first time I've purchased off market if it goes through. Does anyone have a system in place that they use to check things out when making an off market p...
Yvonne H.
How to let applicant know they were denied
I get a lot of applicants, escpecially from Zillow, that for any number of reasons--be it income, background, credit, whatever--they don't qualify. What do you tell your applicants when they don't qualify? I don't wan...
Keenan Steverson
Screening tenants - 3 times the rent - their Gross or Net income?
When screening tenants, income is at least 3 times the rent (traditionally). Is that 3 times their Gross income or Net income? I assume Net, but being a rookie, I don't want to make any assumptions. Thanks!!
Jason Moomaw
Investing in bad areas?
Whats your take on buying in bad areas, what I mean by that is the areas where crackheads roam, no one takes care of the steets they live on let alone there properties?Seems like the only multi-family homes I can find...
Alec Jacobs
How to protect yourself when househacking, specifically rent by the room..
Hello everyone,I was wondering if you guys have any info/experience about living with tenants and how to screen them among other things.I heard about initially having a short lease to kind of feel out tenants (specifi...