I've owned rental property for over a decade, and have learned some tips and tricks from experience, forums, books, and friends.  I no longer manage my own properties.  I've hired a property management company, and ju...

For those who buy and hold - how do you decide when to fold (sell)?

Here's the situation: Bought several OOS properties starting 2.5 years ago. We "chose" this location because my husband was assigned there for wor...

Ladies and Gentlemen,                  I need some feedback. I need some knowledge. I would like to know what’s next? Has anyone else dealt with issues like these before? Property is a 3plex. Non rent control area. Se...

Tenant complained that the fence blew down. I look at it and it's the neighbors fence and I explain that to them. I try to track down the landlord of the neighboring house to offer him half of the cost of the fence, w...

I don't know what to do. I have a tenant that keeps the front door to my 3 family investment property open all the time. Every time I go there, the door is unlocked or not pushed shut. I confront him all the time on t...

Hi Everyone!We have a 4 bedroom single family rental in Plano, TX that have been vacant now for 90 days (!). We haven’t had any issues renting it out in the past, therefore we do not understand why we struggling this ...

Just read a thread where a landlord said that his instruction to his tenant screening company was to automatically disqualify anyone with a felony.

HUD has this guideline in public housing. In some cases it...

Hello BP. I was hoping to get some advice from the direct mailing experts out there. I will be purchasing an address list from ListSource, and after running through their options, below is the criteria list I came up ...

We rented a vacation rental property in the Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Diego from 1/16/16 - 4/16/16.  We paid a $2,500 deposit and $2,500/month for a total of $10,000.  Upon departure, we went through a walk-thro...

I'm considering a REI strategy centered around buy and hold, cash flow investing in condos.

I would like to hear from the community what the potential pluses and minuses are with such a strategy. I am aware ...