If you get something with owner finance or lease option how do you know when you'll be able to refinance? Is it usually a matter of your overall debt to income ratio and it's length of history? Or is it just the incom...

I have a tenant that is late about 10 of the 12 months of every year. I think she has been there for a a couple years but it feels like 20. I managed remotely so turnover is difficult and will be expensive. I'm not su...

I have a tenant who has called repairmen (which are then charged to me, the landlord) on a number of issues that are really just common sense. The most recent was filing a maintenance request because the toilet wasn't...

I rented a small house to my daughter and niece at a reduced rate of 800 in Ma. A month later niece’s boyfriend moves in. Within a few months house is full of drama and they aren’t getting along. I move daughter o...

I own a rental property and I want to separate that property from my personal assets. Can I form an LLC for a property management company to rent out the property instead of listing my personal name on the lease? I do...

We have applicants who seem like the perfect tenants but can't move in for two months, or another applicant who is only grade B- (based solely on income, otherwise they check out fine) who can move in right away. Both...

I'm in the process of renovating my latest rental house.  I've been thinking about Smart-Home features which would be beneficial to a landlord as opposed to wiz-bang cool features to attract tenants. Specifically, I'm...

We have a vacancy, an upcoming open house, and a whole bunch of dog smell. I'm looking for input on a couple fronts.I need to start with background. We closed on this duplex a week ago. We agreed to let one tenant out...

I've owned a small rental property for 18 months now. One of the units is occupied by a low income family: two parents and their two teenage children. These tenants were in place when I purchased the property, and I k...

I have a tenant who has been in my property for quite some time. Truth be told not exactly the best (typically late, noise complaints from my other units, parks in grass, etc) I've just found out that she had someone ...