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JR C. Section 8 sadness....this is unreal
9 August 2013 | 26 replies

If this has been posted before, my apologies. I found this link on another forum and wanted you all to see it. This is a glaring example of why I do not accept Section 8 vouchers. What a sad video. I wish the guy a...

Allan Smith Does Cash For Keys include the Security deposit? 1 Other Question
5 February 2021 | 29 replies

1. If I offer a tenant $500 cash for keys, do I also give them the security deposit even though I don't have rent late into the month?2. When exactly does one offer this? If grace period ends on 5th of month, sending ...

Michael D Kaminski How to Supervise my Property Manager?
23 August 2024 | 21 replies

Greetings!  (First post on a BP Forum!)I have a portfolio of properties (more than 20 units) that are being handled by a single property manager.  I get the owner's statement every month (from Buildium) that shows ren...

Grace Ng Problematic Tenant Asks For Dog Despite No Pet Policy
3 June 2015 | 53 replies

Hi BP community,I would like to have your advice about one of my tenants.I rented a property to a lady, her daughter and granddaughter in Nov. They signed a two year lease. Four months later, she claimed her relative ...

Oliver Trojahn Possible first duplex deal
11 January 2009 | 22 replies

This would be my first attempt at a deal, here are the numbers on this duplex: Top to bottom duplex with both units having 3 bedrooms 1 bathroom. Not that great of an area, one unit occupied and other is accepting a...

Adam Webb Is zero percent vacancy bad?
1 September 2018 | 28 replies

If I’ve never had vacancy does that mean I’m not charging enough for rent?  How do you figure out the most you can charge?  Just list it high and if you didn’t get a qualified tenant to lease to then you lost that mon...

Diana Johnson On the fence about the background check results
7 January 2019 | 31 replies

I got the results back from a tenant background check.  She is 28.  Credit is perfect, but she's got four criminal results.  2 are from 6 years ago (marijuana/traffic), 1 is four years ago for $1,000 of property destr...

Jim K. A mess of a ceiling to redo
5 March 2020 | 28 replies

@Gail White wrote in an earlier post:I have made an offer on a house where there has been a very heavy smoker living for a number of years. The originally white popcorn ceiling is now yellow over the entire surface. T...