I am thinking about providing new tenants with a welcome basket of basic cleaning supplies and household items like: paper towels, toilet paper, toilet brush, plunger, dish soap, and all purpose cleaner.    I moved a ...

I got a great deal on a piece of property from a developer I do work for. Not only did I get a great deal, but they subordinated a decent amount so that I could get financing to build a house on it right away and ...

I posted this in a local forum but realized it might be better here. I have concrete work going on while I'm writing this and there's a jackhammer downstairs outside my tenant's unit. I gave him a couple day warning (...

Just finished closing a nice 138 unit deal in Austin with a great group of investors! Was packing some thank you gift boxes last night and thought I would ask the BP crowd what gifts their investors have enjoyed the m...

Hi,Today we closed on our first rental property!  It's a triplex with long term tenants. We plan on handing each tenant an introductory new ownership letter.Has anyone ever given a small gift with the intro letter?Tha...

The landlord of the duplexes next to one of mine gives each unit a turkey around the holidays.  Last year I gave each of my tenants (3 roommates in my only unit at that time) mugs from Anthropologie with a gold foil i...

When I was traveling in Europe, Airbnb's often included a bottle of wine. I think it would be a nice touch for my STR, but I'm not sure about the legalities. Any doing this, or have any experience or knowledge to share?

When I purchased my first rental property, a single family home here in Charlotte, 2.5 years ago I bought my tenants a bottle of their favorite liquor on their move-in day. Looking back at this now, I get a nice laugh...

Do you ever give your good renters bonuses? Last Christmas, I gave two of my best renters $50.00 gift cards to spend however they wished. These were tenants that paid every month early or on time, and maintained my pr...

Hello everyone! I was curious, has anyone used a collections agency or attorney to collect rents from a tenant that was evicted? If so, which do you prefer, attorney or collections agency? How do you go about selec...