Good morning, BP Community.  I have been reading the forums about allowing tenants with pets.  It seems the community is about a 50/50 split between allowing pets in rentals or not.  I was originally leaning towards a...

I know that smokers are not considered a protected class, but I was wondering where I can find more information on this. Can anyone tell me if this is stated in the Fair Housing Act? I haven't been able to find this c...

Should, and can, I give a current, reasonably bad tenant a rental reference?

Tenant has caused damage, been profane, regularly paid within late grace period, etc.

Should I tell tenant I don't give references, or do...

Hi, BPersI saw some samples of rental agreements saying that tenants will be responsible for broken doors, windows and window glass regardless of whose fault it is.  It seems it tries to cover the damages from, for ex...

Does anyone actually go and visit prospective tenants at their current resident to see what kind of shape it is in and how well its taken care of? I started doing this if im not 100% sure about them. Some of them don'...

Does anyone have any experience replacing a flat roof?I’m looking into buying a property in Detroit, MI and the property I’m looking at needs a new flat roof. Anyone have any roofing companies that you would recommend...

I’m under contract to sell my 3plex in Chicago.  The tenant notified my PM that the buyer’ agent entered the unit for showing to a prospective buyer after only 24 hour notification (48 hours is required by Chicago RLT...

Hi all, we have two tenants (I'll call them Jane and Alice ) on a 1-year lease which began in December.They did several things to violate our lease agreement which included 1) bringing in a 3rd tenant without telling ...

HELP! First time landlord here, three days into my first rental property and I can't get much action on my listing! Yes, the time of year isn't helping but the few bites I have gotten are *all* pet owners. Everything ...

I just had a tenant move out recently. While I was doing a showing to a few new prospective tenants while the old tenants were still living in the house, everyone (including myself) had smelled cigarette smoke in the ...