BP members, living in Baltimore, MD $20 to $50 thousand dollar row-homes are a dime a dozen; their everywhere within Baltimore City limits and are within my price range. I've listened to podcasts where some say stay a...
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My question is:
Do I have to supply window treatments (blinds, verticals, etc) in my rental or is it up to the tenant? I’m just thinking about cutting costs as much as I can at this point, because we are almost ov...
I've had the same unmarried couple as tenants for 4 years now. They were good tenants at first. But the past couple of years whenever I go in to access repairs, I've noticed they are not clean people. The walls are na...
My husband and I bought of first duplex. We went back and forth on leasing options, but decided to go with a month to month contract for our first tenants. Which contract option is better - month to month or a 12 mon...
Hello, I recently found out both my tenants smoke and they lied about it. I had them sign a Lease and in that lease they agreed to the no smoking rule. So, I am choosing to pick my battle here but they now want to mov...
We're live in our owner occupied 2 unit building, and are realizing the importance of attracting high quality tenants so we can co-exist peacefully and happily at our home. We have been investing money heavily into t...
All,I love this site!I'm considering buying my first unit, a small 2 BR condo that is occupied and will have positive cash-flow - including the HOA/Condo Fees.My question is, what's the group's opinion regarding cond...
I am trying to help an elder couple, who are landlords to our irresponsible and obnoxious neighbors, because the situation got out of hand not only for us, the neighbors, but for them, the landlords as well. Even more...
I'm obviously still very new -- does anybody specialize in college towns at all? As in -- buy a crappy house in a college town, fix it up, and rent it out?
Reason I ask is that I found a relatively cheap house for s...
Was listening to Geithner talking to some senators and he was saying he'd like to see renters fill all the vacant houses. To facilitate that he said he'd have to take over Fannie and Freddie. Hmmm, I was thinking this...