What tips do you have to make your tenant not destroy things or help them able to pay their rent? For instance when I buy a new rental I:

1. Remove anything that is hanging.
2. Take down all curtain rods and replace...

I want to bring up a question that may seem to be blasphemy to a lot of landlords.... Are rental property walkthroughs/inspections really worth it?

The reason I ask is because I have been landlording for several yea...

Hi Everyone - How important is it in Mpls to make sure that tenants are changing furnace filters regularly?  And at what frequency?  I see a number of recommendations at monthly or quarterly, but don't know how much t...

We own several rentals in an area of our town called Midtown Revitalization District. this district is sandwiched between 2 major hospitals and a junior college. All of our rentals are new construction duplexes and ou...

Decent tenant of 4 years  moved out , only gave 2 weeks notice . I schedule a move out inspection the day he is leaving . They call for a east coast snow storm so he calls me and tells me he is leaving 2 days early an...

Just bought a house at a very good deal, obviously they wanted to rid of it, but since buying it 2 months ago, had to buy a new roof, which is on me, now the tenant said that bath tub faucet broke and now heater in ov...

Hi again everyone,I have a tenant moving out in a few days and wanted to make sure I got all the essentials for move out day down.  I will be there physically to collect the keys.  Please let me know if there is anyth...

February 4, 2017
Successfully bid on an estate auction property. Property to sold as/is, and will close in 30 days.

The clock is ticking. I have 30 days to either:
a. Find another buyer, and arrange a double closing
...

We have had a set of tenants that had kids with some special needs and they were pretty rough on the house. Wonderful family paid on time always and we sympathize with the needs of the kids. We went above and beyond f...

Hey everyone! I have a tenant set to move in three days, luckily I was able to get in early to get maintenance an repairs going in prep for the next tenant. However, my visit last week revealed massive amounts of ciga...