Our landlord told us yesterday (mom and I) that the property owner wants to sell it soon. After Thanksgiving people will be touring the home to see if they want to buy it.Landlord says the owner can break the lease wh...

Hi BP Community,I'd like to survey the forums on the best use of a year's worth of rent paid by a great tenant upfront on a personal residence that is just in the 1st year of a 30 year conventional.  Leave it in the b...

I have an opportunity to buy 12 condos from a bank--the owner converted them into condos & tried to sell them, unsuccessfully-- they are in a predominantly rental area of DC, now the bank wants to unload them. I a...

The first two people to call on the house I have up for rent both had vouchers of some sort. Not section 8 vouchers though, they were from local charity organizations.

I've clearly advertised that this is not a Sect...

Does anyone have any recommendations for minimum credit criteria? Obviously, I don't want to exclude my entire market, but I also want to avoid problem tenants. For reference, this is a 9 lot MH park in Florida. Mobil...

I have a 3-bedroom rental. Is it ok for me to list it as a 2-bedroom with office? Also, can I limit the number of tenants to 2? If it's ok to limit number of tenants, is it discriminatory to not rent to a 2 adult/1...

Looking for some additional perspective from the BP community.We have a tenant who's dogs are creating an issue for the neighbors. Over the past few months, we have received multiple complaints on our tenant's dogs wh...

Hello bp,

So just a Quick story, last summer one of my friends needed a place to stay after he sold his house. He rented a room for me for 300$/month. It was great. I soon came to find out 300$ was cheap and I shoul...

Looking for ideas on how to handle the chronic slow payer.  I'm thinking someone out there has some good ideas?  Yes the lease covers late fees.  No they don't pay the late fees,  but do pay the rent.  I'm thinking a ...

I recently got a question about this and I've seen it from time to time on the boards here.  I could probably write a full-length book on this subject, but I'll try to just hit a few high points here now.  Please add ...