Amie D.
Wear and tear vs tenant damage
Fiver-year SFR tenants moved out. Refused showings, which made me suspect they had something to hide (addressed in a previous post.)Property managers now want to charge me $1886 to repaint the interior of the 764 sq f...
David Moore
Pay the Water Bill or Not?
In the town I invest in, the Water Department will send a bill to the tenant, but the understanding is if they don't pay, the owner is responsible. I've noticed most other landlords in my market pay the water bill, r...
Ari Bachrach
A tenant who always pays late and wants a bigger place
I have a tenant who has been in one of my houses for almost a year. His first two months he paid on time. Since then he's paid late every single month. But he has paid and is otherwise a responsible guy. I hired him t...
Uri E.
Rental application fee
Do you charge a rental application fee? If yes, then:1. How do you determine the $$ fee? ... is it per family, per adult, other?2. What do you include with the fee? (e.g. background check, credit report, etc.)3. How ...
Becca F.
Long term tenant just renewed lease and asked if she could have a pet
I have a great tenant, going on Year 4 in a SFH in an Indianapolis suburb. I did a 6% rent increase ($90) for 2023-2024 and did a less than 2% increase ($30) this renewal 2024-2025. New rent is $1680. The increases a...
Peri Eryigit
Do you pay a tenant finder fee?
Does anyone pay a tenant finder fee to a property manager or agent?
We have a property manager that we pay 8% of rents to plus a tenant finder fee. He also wants to be paid per showing because we've had many showing...
Zoe Lee
Contract with water damage co still valid after denied coverage?
We had sewer water backed up into a multiplex a couple of weeks ago. Our PM sent a water damage company onsite to extract the standing water on emergency.Later the company called and asked me to sign a contract so the...
Tony Kim
Rents below market due to rent control or not increasing rent
Hello,Sorry if this has been posted before, but I wasn't able to find anything while searching for an admittedly short period of time.If I rented a SFR that is currently below fair market due to rising rent and the fa...
Lekisha Cole
Wholesale Deal Trouble
I have a wholesale deal I'm trying to close but the seller is asking for a 2% deposit to hold the home. I don't have the 2% to give him and I never knew that I had to give the seller that much of a deposit for him to ...
Terry Jacobsen
Move out time
I have a renter that has told me they are buying a house. closing in October. They have been Paying on time but they will be breaking the lease at move out. I have a 750 dollar buy out in my leases. But now I wond...