My Fiance and I own a single family home and rent two upstairs bedrooms out to two roommate/tenants on month-to-month leases. We did not collect security deposits from either tenant, and instead wrote up explicit "mo...
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Policy: NO last minute one nighter with more than X (depends on property) people.
Broke my rule due to current situation.
Ended up with a door busted down.
No big deal hell I just replaced a door at anothe...
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Someone working on one of my rehabs somehow got a blank check of mine, forged my signature and either gave it to a friend who cashed it for $800, or cashed it with false identification.
It was cashed on Frida...
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I wanted to start a philosophical thread here with pearls of wisdom for those times when everything is just going wrong. :crying:
I'll start:
Stand up to crises. Don't let them throw you! Fight to stay calm... eve...
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Hi BP,I have been reading real estate books, listening to the podcasts, reading the forums, and taking some online classes for a little while now and have decided that I should make a profile and start being more acti...
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Just came across info for the real estate wealth expo that's coming to Chicago on April 2. Wondering if anyone has any insight on this expo.
Any insight on if it's a big selling thing, or legitimate? Based on Suzy O...
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There are two REIA groups I am interested in joining, REIA, the Real Estate Investors Association of Washington and The Real Estate Association of Puget Sound (REAPS). Has anyone had any experience with either of thes...
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Hi everyone,I really need some help here. I've got my rental home in Houston leased out about a month ago and unfortunately, I am already having a hard time with these tenants. Not necessarily their fault, but it seem...
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I recently made some tenants move out of their 2 bedroom apartment because they were allowing their dogs to urinate all over the floors and carpets. The downstairs neighbor said he'd never seen them take their dogs ...
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I'm reading a lot about tenants and prospective tenants trying to skirt around "no pet" leases / rentals by claiming that they have "support animals" ..
I am in Virginia and wondering if anyone is familiar with how ...