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I recently received a call from someone about a house I have for rent. The call was from another state. In the past, I didn't receive many out of state calls because people were leaving Michigan by the truckload and f...
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So I have been having problems with a tenant paying on time. She always pays at the end of the month instead of the beginning. Obviously I charge a late fee for this.
Last week after picking up October's rent...
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Hi. My wife and I live in California and purchased two homes out of state with Marshall Reddick in 2006. One single family home was in Florida and the other in North Carolina.
We are upside down on both homes and...
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Was using a Allied National Debt Collection for owed rent on evicted tenants. This company has an A+ BBB rating. This is when consumer reviews are better than a BBB rating. The company never contacted me personally...
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I am a landlord of a single family house in New Jersey. For the last two months, I've been battling some drain flies in this property. I called several pest control companies and they basically told me upfront that th...
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I am on the verge of an offer on a SS property in Northern California. I think the property is worth $465K, but the listing agent already has an approved short sale from a previous buyer that walked out at $475K. So...
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Lately I’ve been feeling like I’m never going to advance much further in this whole real estate business because I don’t have the money to make a deal. I’m introverted and terrible at sales and networking, so I’m str...
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Hey BP!Say you have a duplex that you paid $60k for.Rental income is $1000/month. ($500 upper / $500 lower), property taxes ~2500, insurance ~$600, no major expenses on my end, utilities all in tenants name.Basement h...
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Before my tenants re-signed a year lease earlier this year, they wanted to sign an even longer lease that would end in late October next year. But, that's such a bad time to find a new tenant when a year lease would ...
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This is just a minor vent session but I got my first taste of real world landlord work this past weekend. And not the good kind. Not the "retire by 40 and travel the world" kind but more of the "your tenant will try a...