Rob J.
Police Called on Resident
Would be very interested in some feedback. I've been managing apartments and houses for nine years and this is a first.
We hired someone to trim the hedges at one of our properties. While trimming, one of the resid...
Lloyd Segal
Economic Update (Monday, November 9, 2020)
Economic Update
(Monday, November 9, 2020)
The election is finally over. Now we can return to ...
Wei Jie Yang
Voepel PM and Bridge Turnkey
Hi Guys,I am analyzing properties that are offered at Bridge. The trouble I am having is that the PM is not managed by Bridge but by Voepel. I've heard positive things about them but they are all rather vague. Has any...
Adam Batcheller
Tenant wants to install ceiling fans
My tenant wants to put ceiling fans in the unit he is renting from me. He said, he would buy the fans and his brother, who is an electrician, would do the wiring and install the fans for free. There is no ceiling lig...
Frank Adams
Lamest excuses for late rent
Had dinner one night last week with another guy who has had rentals for about 15 years and naturally the topic turned to deadbeats and why it's not their fault that they don't have the rent. The following is a compila...
Jeremy Pastor
Property Line Boundary Dispute
Hi everyone,Last summer I purchased a nice single-family home in my town in southern Michigan to rent out. The neighbor is now giving my tenant a hard time by saying that his property actually extends into the drivewa...
David Lund
What's your magic cash flow number?
Been analyzing a bunch of properties to see which ones around me cash flow (honestly not many unless I low ball an offer), but curious to know what cash flow value you all pull the trigger on? Just trying to figure ou...
Jennifer Clancy
Tenants that push the grace period every month
I have tenants that pay the last day of the grace period after normal business hours around 8pm. What should I do? I'm pretty fed up with this particular set of tenants not only are they personally inconsiderate sho...
Lloyd Segal
Economic Update (Monday, November 23, 2020)
Economic Update
(Monday, November 23, 2020)
When COVID-19 arrived, all of us were confronted with an unexpected pandemic that upended the plans we had for 2020. But the pandemic is only part of our story. Whe...
Nat C.
Fourplex crisis
This is the worst property situation I've had to date. I'm overwhelmed and not sure what to do. Any helpful advice would be appreciated. I bought this fourplex in December 2013. On Sunday a tenant reported sewerage ba...