I recently went to view an apartment and the landlord rented it to myself and my fiancée. She asked for fifty dollars to run a credit check as well as first and last with a security deposit. We paid it all and signed ...

Hi there,A bit of a sidebar issue but there’s so much experience on BP I’m curious if someone has an opinion I haven’t thought of. I have a consistently painful tenant who complains constantly, harasses, yells, curses...

I have a strange one.A tenant hasn't communicated ever since moving in on March 1, 2021.Prior to move in, communication was good, during the application process, during the lease signing, communicated by phone, by tex...

Hello, and thanks for taking the time to read my post. I put myself in an awkward situation now involving an ethical dilemma. I'm working on getting my 2nd rental property under lease. I had an interested tenant come ...

We had 3 students signing a single lease together for my rental property. The lease was clearly written with a clause for "12 months" term. Without any notice, One of the tenants left the country before the lease was ...

Hi everyone, I have been cold calling people recently and I found a really motivated seller. I asked him what he wanted to sell for and he said he hasn’t been following the market so he doesn’t know what to ask. So a...

Hello BP,My wife and I recently purchased a duplex in a great neighborhood in Albany.  When we bought the property we inherited a tenant in her 80's and she has lived there for over 40 years.  The property had been in...

Hello,Our property manager frustrates me and I’ve been sort of lazy to remove her.1. she traditionally is harder for me to get a prompt answer from. Granted if something is going wrong at property she is more availabl...

I had a renter cause damage. I deducted $250 from her deposit.  (room in my house)I have statement from the plumber she caused the leak, pictures, and receipt from contractor for mold mitigation.  The leak went throug...

I just discovered the fine print on owning my property in an LLC... you can't do a cash out re-fi through FHA. At least in my state. I have about 20% equity - about $110,000 in my 4 Plex, which I have in an FHA loan.
...