For instance, we give a gift card at Christmas as a Thank-You for being great tenants.  When I have a new tenant move in I like to make sure they have the local phone book, recycling/garbage schedule and other local i...

Starting a vacation rental business is a potentially great way to grow personal wealth, even if you aren’t a homeowner or if you have bad credit. Making the business successful and maintaining good ratings, however, r...

Hi, I'm a soon-to-be host and I am wondering how others deal with refills on items that were stocked when the guest arrived. Things like coffee, tea, bottled water (our tap water is really hard and tastes gross), as w...

Thoughts on buying a house that was tented and treated for bedbugs about 4.5 years ago? My closing date is in two days and my realtor just provided me the sellers disclosure that notates this previous issue. Everythin...

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I own several multi-family rental properties and have always paid the Resident Manager a salary, including a free apartment.

I have recently acquired a new business partner and we recently purchased a pr...

Looking into purchasing a SF 3b/1b property with-in 5 miles of my home to set up as an income property. Question, Do I hire a property manager to handle the rental? I have many years of HVAC and Construction backgroun...

I had a funny yet expensive lesson I learned a couple weeks back. Hopefully others might be able to learn at my expense.

So we closed on a 3 family that was a short sale in Feb. 2 units were rented and the 3r...

Recently, a socket caught fire in my rental property and the tenant was injured while putting out the fire. What can I expect from a contractual, insurance, or "unofficial" legal standpoint regarding the tenant's inju...