Good morning everyone,First I want to thank you in advance for any help you can provide. I am a new landlord so I want to make sure I am following law when it comes to security deposits.I am renting out a room and pri...

Love to hear your thoughts on pull out couch vs not. Opportunity to charge extra for more guest? Or opportunity for guests to stack more people in your place and lie to you about number of guests..... and more wear an...

Make a guess.  I'll post the answer tomorrow.  If your guess is the answer I'll be posting tomorrow, you'll win some of my 2022 wall calendars suitable for a man cave, garage, frat house or work shop.  If that doesn't...

Hey all -I'm about to purchase a three bedroom STR. The master can accommodate a queen, the two other rooms are smaller, and could probably accommodate a full without it being too large. I need help figuring a few thi...

New Landlord, and considering a bedbug clause to the lease.  Heard it is something good to get into the lease, and that tenant pays if they bring in bed bugs during their lease.Does anyone have a clause that they are ...

Hi All,
I have been stalking this forum for months now learning from everyone, and am very grateful for all the useful information. I sold an LTR in order to jump into STR. I have a contract on a new build cabin up i...

I encountered a first for me last night.  Met a nice applicant.  She asked me at the end of our discussion "do you automatically disqualify if I've been treated for bed bugs?".  I asked her to elaborate and she told m...

Hey All I am currently house hacking and over the weekend there was a leak from the toilet located upstairs in the unit that I live in. The water leaked into tenants unit, which costs water damaged to some of tenants ...

Buying a mattress is like shopping for a car from what I recall; the markup is huge and you have to haggle for a decent price. Can anyone recommend a good place to purchase a mattress that you don't have to worry a...

Hey everyone, been doing a lot of research and educating myself on best practices to running an STR successfully. Primarily interested in long distance markets due to prices in my area (San Diego/California).At a stag...