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Keith Boley So You're New To This: A Guide for the New Real Estate Investor
11 December 2017 | 186 replies

Hi All
I just wanted to post here on what I thought was the most important things a new person should do when starting out. Below you will find a list of what I think a new person should do first before diving head f...

Bailey A. Tenant Claiming Her Privacy Was Violated
11 December 2022 | 20 replies

Hi All,I currently have a tenant (in TX) who is claiming her privacy was violated along with the Landlord-Tenant Laws. I notified her on 10/11 that pest control would be coming to the property on 10/13. She responded ...

Samantha P. Inherited tenant from hell
11 June 2020 | 40 replies

Hi all! I purchased a duplex in Chicago and inherited the tenant from hell. She is running a daycare out of the unit, she has a cat and a dog, her girlfriend clearly lives there with her, she puts her garbage on the b...

Katie Willcox Pre-Screening - Are We Being Too Tough?
10 August 2021 | 39 replies

Hi Everyone!We took possession of our first rental on July 15th and we are self-managing it.  We've prepared a pre-screening questionnaire with guidance from Heather & Brandon Turner's Managing Rental Properties b...

George Kopp Tenant Asking for Blinds
13 February 2022 | 42 replies

I have a warehouse type apartment that doesn't have any blinds and no one can really look directly into the apartment without a telescope or something. I have a female tenant who is moving in in two weeks and she's as...

Jennifer Gardner tenant wants pet despite no pets policy - ESA letter
28 December 2022 | 30 replies

Hi all,I own a duplex in Long Beach where I rent the upper unit long term and the lower unit short term (airbnb). My upstairs tenants have been in since May 1. They are lovely girls in their 20s and one has a service ...

Aaron Jones Lawton Rental Market
29 September 2023 | 74 replies

I live in OKC, but I'm considering investing in Lawton. However, I am not really familiar with the area. Any investors holding property in Lawton? How's the rental market there? Specifically, how is demand? Any troubl...

Anita Z. How do you screen an STR tenant ?
25 December 2024 | 22 replies

Just getting ready to post my 3 bed/2 ba home as an STR in San Diego. I'm wondering how do you all screen your tenants? I believe Airbnb and Vrbo dont do credit checks is this right? If so, how do you trust you're get...

Tariq B. $800 Electric Bill...What Would You Do?
18 November 2021 | 41 replies

Have a fairly new tenant in. She told me she had a high bill about $800. So she had an energy audit done which was free, they told her the vents had leaks and the thermostat was wrong. So called the pro's in for this ...

Asia Jones Tenant demanding $3000 to move out
12 January 2020 | 60 replies

I need Help!!! Just a heads up long post. I had to move for work and was debating on renting my house out. In Jan 2019 I made an agreement with text message proof “not sure if that means anything “ with my cousin that...