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Topic came up in the office today about the pro/cons of section 8 renters. When I lived in Houston, I've always been told to stay away from section 8, because low quality tennents can do some serious damage. However, ...
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I have a tenant that gave me their 30 day notice yesterday, which was cause for some serious celebration. Almost every interaction I've had with them over the last two and a half years ended with them threatening to s...
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Hiya all. Well here's my situation.
I wanted to buy a second rental property after we moved to Hawaii for work and became bankable again. I was planning on using the HELOC money from our first rental as the downpaym...
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Hi There,I have a tenant who has been having issues with his air conditioning on and off since last summer. Each time, we send our super to check the controls and if we need to, we call the air conditioning tech to co...
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I've been interested in using my home as a short-term rental (STR) property so last week, after watching this video from James Carlson and Erin Spradlin, I called the Department of Planning and Zoning and spoke to the...
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Hey all, I thought I'd seek the advice of people much smarter than me regarding this potential scenario...I recently came across a property in an up-and-coming area, where the current owner is a mentally handicapped o...
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The short story is I inherited a tenant at a property i bought in Ohio and they appear to have simply moved out of the property. What are the laws regarding this? I assume people like @James Wise and @Michael Swan hav...