I am currently listing a place for rent. I have this couple come over and explain to my wife prior and myself at the showing how their current place is bad and that the ceiling caved in twice. They go on with some oth...

Is your rental " pet friendly" ? if no why not?

What's up BP community.  I just bought a property that literally 2 days after we closed on it the tenants informed us that the city had cited the owner for lead based paint, and that it had to be remediated.  The owne...

Countless times, I've heard the question asked "How much do I need in reserves?" While the answer tends to vary based on the investors' risk tolerance, I thought I would share my experience. As a background, I live in...

Hi BPI'm a new landlord after purchasing my first SFH in September, and my property manager placed a tenant in the house starting November 1. In the 7-8 weeks that the tenant has been there, there hasn't been a single...

Looking for advice....Nightmare situation and tenants.Hello All, I rehabbed a beautiful house in Southern Ca and recently rented it out Aug 1st. In the first month of the tenants residing my property manager has recei...

I list my properties in MLS and also do rental open houses 2x/week.  I have a newer rental property that I rented out for the first time last year, in July, got it rented in 2 weeks for $1600. This year,  listed it Au...

I am looking for some quick opinions on the deal below. Can I really go wrong with this?? I have submitted the contract and just waiting on the seller to sign but we have already agreed verbally. I have been looking t...

I am getting ready to rent out my first investment property and am trying to figure out what incentives, policies, etc. to put into my lease. I would like to hear some of the biggest/most common problems other investe...

Actually, I inherited THREE terrible tenants. But one is causing me more of a pain than the other two put together. Here's the summary of my three tenants:1. The continually late nice guy - artist. living paycheck to ...