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I’m a new investor and just this week, after about a year and a half of saving and learning, have just put my first property under contract (fingers crossed)! It’s no homerun but it will cash flow and has me thinking ...
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I have a utility bill question. My tenants are required to pay their electric bills. However, my HVAC unit needed a part so the tenants ran on emergency heat for 12 days. This has the unit run off the main power sourc...
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Last night the Mayor signed new Renters protections that the LA City Council passed. This will now allow LA renters up to 12 months to settle back rent for Residential tenants, and 3 months for Commercial tenants, bef...
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Hi guys. I just wanted to share the proposal for the housing stability act for MA and it is quite frightening to me. I personally see this as beneficial more towards the tenants rather than landlords as expected from ...
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I have a lease with a tenant that is on the fifth month of a 1 year lease and I am seriously thinking of parting ways.Tenant "Jane" does pay on time, and has not violated any lease terms.But a series of issues that ha...
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Hello All,I have around $200k in equity in my primary home. I own 2 other rental properties. I have a pretty large emergency fund in place for those properties, but I wonder if that capital could be better employed ...
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Our TFH (tenant from hell) has received her 7 days to vacate. When those expire we will be filing a forcible entry and detainer. In the meantime, the peach has switched out the doorknob lock and we can’t enter the un...
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Hi I’m a new owner of a duplex in California for over a year. I inherited a section 8 tenant (by choice) who was on a month to month lease playing below fmv. I immediately gave her 60 day notice of rent increase, to f...
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I'd love to answer any questions you have about best practices around maintenance and maintenance coordination, particularly around vendor, tenant, and owner communication or 24/7 emergency response practices.I have e...
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I might already know the answer to the question I'm about to ask, but since people within this community have been doing this far more than me, I wanted to ask if there is any chance I can do something with $2K? I kno...