Is leaving a 5 day notice posted on the tenants door a legal delivery of a 5 day notice in Illinois? I would prefer to hand deliver but the tenant refuses to answer their door.The official form I downloaded from the c...

This would clearly be a very risky move, but has anyone considered buying a vacation rental in a vacation based rental market such a Tulum, Mexico? Unlike certain sub markets in the US that are very hot right now due ...

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What effective ways do you use to collect rent? Has any of you used PayPal? I collected the earnest money from one my of tenant via PayPal and I found it really convenient. The money transfer from the ...

So in searching the forums before posting I found a LOT of people asking what to do when their tenants say the check is in the mail. Typically the story goes a bit like this: Rent due on the 1st, late on the 3rd-5t...

Hello!We are looking at purchasing a rental, 6 unit, all fully rented.  The problem is we have always bought vacant properties and picked our tenants; so this is a new process for us.  Each unit is significantly under...

Hey, I posted this in the innovative strategies forum but didnt get any bites. I tried to get it moved here but no luck, so, sorry for double posting.

One benefit that we talk about when selling a seller on the idea...

Good morning all!I am about to send out my first round of yellow letters this week. I received a few different types of mailing list. One of the list that I am using is an active code violations list. I am wondering f...

On the  tenants last day she was cleaning out her stuff and I saw some obvious damage to the hard wood floors. I called my favorite flooring guy and he ended up renting the place! Zero vacancy days and now I have a te...

Hello everyone I’m currently UC on a property out of state and contemplating on managing it myself and finding my own tenants. I know this will be difficult at the start but need to start somewhere. Does anyone have a...

All,I have a 15-square roof, and the best quote I got for tear off, reshingle and removal of debris is $6,900.00 plus $65.00 per one 4x8 OSB board replaced. This gives the cost of $450 per square!Is this normal for MD...