Tenant has requested permission to get a chicken coop. My initial thought is no... anyone have experience with this? Just seems dirty and unnecessary. This is in a duplex with a good size back yard. Thanks!

I've recently started my own residential/commercial PM company.  As an investor of buy and holds I have horror stories about bad PM companies.  So I would 1 characteristic of what you consider a good PM company.  We h...

It's common knowledge that a basic qualification for a tenant is to show income that is 3x's the rent. However, if a husband and wife or a boyfriend or girlfriend are filling out the application, is this a joint requi...

So my parents bought a tri-plex in December and have had nothing but problems with it. One unit went vacant for a couple months without our knowledge (I know, newbie mistake.) We had to do a ton of repairs and now its...

In a letter which was published on their website this morning, Redfin announced that they are moving to end their support of the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Redfin will begin “requiring our brokers and age...

Trying to see if there are things I should avoid saying in rental listing. Can I say the “unit is close to Costco , short drive to university and walking distance to park etc”. Any best practices for rental listing to...

I am interested to here if you Self Manage or have a property Manager manage your properties & Why you decided to do either or? Me personal I have a property manager run it mine. I don't have the time from my norm...

I have a BPO coming up on a property I have under contract, and obviously I'd like the BPO to go my way. However the house is pretty nice. Not much for repairs or anything. It looks ok. Maybe a a little paint and carp...

My question pertains to how to avoid being ripped off by contractors. I had an experience recently where I asked for a bid on a project and it seemed pretty high. When I asked them for another bid with a couple of thi...