I am new to real estate investing and never really had much interactions with renters. I had a friend who rented out a house. The tenant who was nice although very very messy lol. I asked him why he didn't just buy a ...

BP community,

I am currently reading through the BP blog and ran across the post titled "60 day newbie action plan". One major point of the article is that you should have funds available in the event that your prope...

So I have 1 rental with only 2 renters, where the first lasted 11 mos. the second 2 mos. Both so far have been high quality, but effectively use my well maintained rental in an A neighborhood as a staging area to look...

Hello BP, My tenants want to add 5 more months into the existing 12 mos lease. Their current lease will end in 2 months. They are very good tenants. I was planning to let them rent until the end of their 5 month reque...

For investors that rent out their property, how long is your lease? Why so? What are some must-have clauses in your lease?Are leases optional? Or do you have it just so there are guidelines for the renter (also yourse...

Do you require your renters to have renters insurance and if so what is the amount of coverage?  Do you have yourself named as additionally insured.  Any other requirements?

Hi all,We recently bought and fixed up a house within a few blocks of a university.  The economy of the area makes it a no-brainer to target students.  I'm just wondering how successful landlords screen student tenant...

My renter check with the HOA to confirm what I am telling him about community standards is true. The renter reported to me that the HOA told him that the property he rents is in compliance when I felt he was not..   T...

We are presently leasing till November 2012, our landlord is planning to move in at that time. We have a problem with a neighbor(high rise 6th floor, 6 apartments to a floor) where he has been baker act (sent to inst...

I got played like a guitar at a TED Nugent concert.He got behind in rent, gave an excuse said would make it, caught him lying, didn’t make rent up, I gave him 7 day notice pay remainder plus late fee or I’ll have the ...