I should probably wait to post until I'm settled a little bit, but I'm fairly anxious at this point. I have been a landlord for almost three months. My wife and I bought the other half of the twinhome we had been livi...

TENANTS FROM HELL #5Sinks from hell.Running one of the largest rental portfolios in the Cleveland, Ohio area I have managed 1,000's of properties & dealt with countless tenants. In short, I have seen it all. From ...

John Michael hosted a chat and this is the text from the chat that is posted.

I hope you enjoy and learn. These are just basics so to build a foundation.

johnmichael: Let me start off with a little introduction, I...

I was recently advised by an attorney to open up a traditional LLC to not complicate overhead, accounting, bookkeeping when starting out. While a LLC could be sufficient, I did not want to have to transfer properties ...

In an effort to address the housing crisis the Washington State Legislature has numerous bills to consider, most all of which limit a landlord’s ability to conduct business and preserve their financial investment.  La...

Hello All! I just finished book 7th book of the year. I am a little behind but I have been traveling a lot and picking some pretty long books. I might have to get a few shorter ones in so I can hit my goal of 52 books...

Hi, I've been researching real estate investing for the past year and have decided that turnkey is going to be by best path right now.  I've looked into a several of the turnkey providers mentioned here on BP as well ...

I have a prop mgr/agent who assists me in purchasing properties. She sort of frowns on the unapproved short sale listings, no doubt since they take a lot of work with highly uncertain outcome. I sent her a note today ...

Does anyone have the language you use in the lease for Renter's Insurance?

I am about to renew the lease with my tenant but it gets very costly having to spend another $250 for my attorney just to add a simple parag...

I could use some advice.  I have one property that has been rental for 13 years and I am experiencing my first major tenant issue.Tenant has had control of the property for approximately one month after signing a leas...