Just got an email from my PM stating that they will offer tenants a $75.00 discount if they pay rent in April or May.  From first glance i am okay with this.  I think this might weed out those that won't pay due to Co...

Just signed a new tenant. She toured the home and then requested an application to rent it. We met with her at the home to sign the lease which was executed. For some context, the home is more of a summer cabin and th...

So I've  been so diligent in my study of real estate investing for the previous 3 months or so and have wanted to get into real estate since I was 16. However life choices hampered those plans which were not so well l...

Went by to check out a house today, and talked to one of the neighbors.
She said she's seen a ghost in the house next to the one I am interested in, and knows other people who have, too.

She said that house is a ren...

What things show weakness to tenants.

Another thread mentioned "weak landlord face." What are the signs?

I would call these weakness:

- Rent not due until move in day
- No lease
- No rental application
- No refere...

Here's the story:

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/02/08/noaa-blizzard-rearranges-climate-change-announcement/

Here's my favorite part:

More and more, Americans are witnessing the impacts of climate change in the...

I'm working on a blog post for the BiggerPockets Blog and I'm curious:

How nice do you make your rentals before putting a tenant in?

Specifically, I'm writing about turning a primary residence into a rental, but t...

I bought my first STR last year in New Hampshire with the strategy of purchasing homes that I can occasionally use in locales that I like to visit with my family. I want to purchase a something near the coast in Carol...

Hi everyone,

I am wondering how you guys are doing accounting and bookkeeping for your rentals, doing by yourself, hiring bookkeeper or hiring accountant? I am currently managing the bookkeeping and accounting mysel...

My wife and I recently found a house that we wanted to buy for ourselves to move into.  The seller provided disclosures and we reviewed them then put in an offer and after some negotiations we got the house under cont...