Okay here goes. My house went was nine payments behind a total of $15003.81. I came up with the money that I needed to bring my account current and called the mortgage company to get right with them. I was told that m...

My new tenants want to pay a full year of rent upfront. Their reasoning is, they are selling their house to move cities for a new job so will be getting cash from that sale and they want to pay upfront so they can wor...

As a landlord am I required to allow a tenant out of a lease (minus damages, cleaning fees, re-rental costs) if they notify me 60 days early?   I'm assuming I cannot continue to charge them rent after they leave and c...

Hi Bigger Pockets,I am a young landlord that just has two rental.  One is going great and the other I just filled with a tenant that is causing me a lot of stress and problems.  Over the weekend he said he will not pa...

Hi all,  I'm in contract on a house hack, using an FHA loan.  My lender's telling me that I need to make a one-year, advance payment on the homeowner's insurance to the lender (which holds that one-year payment in esc...

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I am renting out my first property. It is a single family home. How do I go about utilities? Do you have the tenant put the water, gas, electricity, trash in their name and show you proof that they are payi...

I have a potential tenant...Works as a "hostess" at a gentleman's club. Makes about 45k a year but can't provide formal proof due to the nature of the job being mostly tips. Has 2 kids and friend who makes about 26k a...

I need some advice on online rent payment collection services. I was formally with erentpayments.com and we all know how that fiasco went down. Currently I've been having tenants mail the rent, but I'm not fond of tha...

I'm interested in buying a property but the owner has tenants on a lease through the end of June. The timing is actually perfect for when I want to take possession. Anyone have any do's or don't's when it comes to thi...

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...