does anyone think Detroit and its surrounding areas will recover.. Right now I am looking on zillion and the prices for these homes are crazy! I just seen a home for sale for $1,300 that sold for $160,000 in 2008.....

I have a room for rent and I happen to know that the person who wants to rent it would not be a good tenant because they have had not paid their rent in the past and cause problems for other tenants. It was not docume...

We had a tenant put up security cameras and drill into the wood of our deck to install them. We don't have anything in our lease or rules about cameras. We gave them a notice to take them down but the tenant respond...

Hello, I came across something concerning. I've done some research and noticed a rehabber buying homes on HUD as a owner occupant but then a couple months later, flipping it to a end buyer. I'm not a tattle tale, bu...

I own an up-down duplex and currently live in the lower unit and rent the top to an inherited tenant. He was a great tenant for the first 8 months or so but that has changed in the last 6 weeks. I am changing the fron...

Do any of you give Christmas gifts to tenants?

If they are "good" tenants, I'll hand deliver a gift card from the local grocery chain. They can use it for gasoline or groceries. Depending on the tenant, the denominat...

A neighbor near a duplex that I own has called me twice now to tell me that my tenant is berating her and her son in the street, yelling obscenities and just going off.I am not this neighbor’s landlord. After the firs...

I recently got into a lengthy discussion on another thread about wholesalers and whether they bring any value to the real estate industry or not. I am interested to see what everyone's experience has been with wholesa...

1 tenant out of a group of 3 refused to pay her last portion of the last month's rent. I tried explaining to her why this wasn't acceptable and she still refused. Her roomates weren't willing to cover her portion o...

I have owned an apartment complex for about a year now. Apprehensively, I let one of the inherited tenants sign a 12-month lease. He has been very cranky during the renovations, to say the least. He seemed to change h...