Peace Lily
Landlord or tenant to pay fee for rental
Hi BP members, I was wondering when looking for tenants through a Real Estate agent, does the landlord pay the agent or tenant pay the agent? It is specifically for New Haven, CT area. I know tenants pay fee to the a...
Samantha L.
Appfolio Alternative
Good Morning,I was hoping to get some suggestions for property management software that are comparable alternatives to Appfolio. Being a small time landlord with just three properties, I cannot bring myself to pay the...
Rick Oaks
Florida rental property insurance
We have several duplex /4 plex units in fla. we have noticed a huge insurance hike over the last 3-4 years. Anybody else experience this?
Jacob Smith
What Do I charge for consulting on Investors Wanting to purchase
Hey,I am a Broker/Property Manager, I have flipped a handful of houses, Done gut/remodels, and also purchased and manage 19 of my own units.I have an investor from out of state who wants to invest in this area into mu...
Bob Harris
Tenants left behind a boat, now what?
My most recent tenants broke their lease and left a boat in my back yard I've tried to contact them with no success, I've had the police try to contact them again no success. They left me no forwarding address or upd...
Christopher Roper
Rent by Room Utilities
I'm about to close on my first investment property (a rent-by-room house hack in San Antonio) and I couldn't be more excited!
Rent-by-room landlords, how do y'all handle utilities? Flat fee? Build it into rent? Or ch...
Stan Santini
PM VS SELF VS HYBRID IN PENSACOLA/PERDIDO KEY FLORIDA
I live here in Gulf Breeze FL by Pensacola. I am currently talking to Evolve and Vacasa. Evolve is 10% but I still need a PM that handles contacts and cleaning etc that is a flat 350-400 per month and includes in pers...
Bill Coleman
What is the best billing method to use with a contractor?
Last night I had a meeting with a potential contractor for two simultaneous rehabs. We talked about the different ways that we can work and how he gets paid: cost plus, fixed price, etc
I would like to know h...
Sean Wilt
Lower rent higher cleaning fee or higher rent lower cleaning fee?
Question. I'm thinking higher daily rent with a lower cleaning fee is best? Say $400/night as an example with $150 cleaning fee which would be the going rate in my area so cleaning fee would essentially be a pass th...
Donald Cooley
Backgrounds
Hi all, My wife and I are in the process of marketing and renting out our first income property. Is it normal to do a criminal background check along with the credit history? Just curious. I've advertised on a site ca...