Hi Everyone!We took possession of our first rental on July 15th and we are self-managing it.  We've prepared a pre-screening questionnaire with guidance from Heather & Brandon Turner's Managing Rental Properties b...

We are all familiar with issues related to service animals (specially trained and certified dogs) and assistance animals (such as emotional support animals of any species or breeds).This post suggests a compromise res...

In 15 years in the biz I have not met someone who got sued and was saved by having an LLC. Every new investor gets hung up on asset protection and there is an entire industry catering to asset protection. There must b...

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I recently heard Kathy Fettke talk about this on her podcast. I’ve yet to purchase my first rental property, though I am taking steps towards accomplishing that goal, and it’s one question I hadn’t ev...

https://www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2020/06/26/kapszukiewicz-administration-delays-lead-safe-housing-enforcement-citing-coronavirus/stories/20200626079The latest and greatest on the Toledo Lead Ordinance. The 2019 ...

Hello All,I just received applications for our first tenants ever. They have passed all of our screens (criminal, credit, etc) and in general, I feel good about it. But there are some quirks:• It is 4 people total. A ...

I got the duplex I even have a quick response from my craigslist post. Then reality strikes. I'm clueless.How much of a deposit?Do I charge a application fee so i can cover cost of screening? How much?Is there some le...

We have a contract on our first deal as of today (see http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/88/topics/1548... for details).Our original plan was to rent this out as a SFR.  But over the last 24 hours, I started wonderin...

I'm curious. I have written extensively about how I "House-Hack" and live in one part of a duplex and have tenants rent out the other portion of that. They pay down the mortgage and allow me to live for free.For every...