I wanted to briefly share my experience with a COVID related cancellation I had.  I had a guest cancel their reservation made through VRBO a few weeks prior to check-in due to COVID.  I have a 60 day cancellation poli...

When our tenants vacated our rental property the damages totaled $10k. After sending them an itemized list of the damages, receipts, and estimates from local contractors, we received a response via their attorney stat...

I am 22 and just purchased my first rental property, a $390k Duplex right out of Philadelphia in Montgomery County. It will also be my primary residence for the next year or more. The seller purchased the property as...

Sorry this is long….My daughter is having an issue with former roommates in an apartment in Massachusetts. I’m looking for advice on whether it’s worthwhile to pursue a small claims case. Earlier this year, she was th...

Long story short:  Should I bother taking a nightmare previous tenant to court for $1500? I looked at the pro se small claims court website in my area - which is 45 minutes away, and it says that ALL cases are referr...

I recently had to dump a property in Chicago and to get the deal closed the investors carried a short term promissory note for $13k. Buyers made the first payment then defaulted in the second month.  Part of the reaso...

Checking in to see what strategies landlords are putting together to recover rents owed to them through the pandemic.  All states operate a bit different and I'm in California.  I obviously don't expect to get much mo...

Hello!Thanks for looking!I've got two scenarios I could use a little advice on;1- I had a tenant leave after threat of eviction, they owe about $2,200.  I have lots of documentation, mostly text messages.  Should I ta...

We had a tenant for 18 months.  She was never late and caused no problems.  Last month, she informed us she had purchased a house.  She was only 5 months into her lease.  We posted the property for rent immediately, b...

I had great tenants that hired movers to move out. The movers when they moving thing put a hole in a metal stair tread. I know that the stairs were rusted in areas but they were still sound. The tenant let me know t...