I have my first rental property in escrow. I am currently writing up preliminary rental applications and rental agreements. I plan to take them to a lawyer for review and revisions. Lawyers charge by the hour so I fig...

Former tenant moved out after 9 months without contractually agreed upon proper notice, after pretty well trashing a brand new property. She owes me a few hundred dollars in damages on top of her deposit but I decided...

This is a little late starting, but I'll catch up quickly from planning to mid-project in this first post.We have a small house, started off at 750 sq ft when I bought it. I've added a sunroom (in 1995) and extended o...

Need assistance and advice on getting trespassing unwanted individuals out of my vacant property.  Previous tenants moved out several weeks ago. Property was locked and secured.  While cutting grass the other day my l...

Hello BP community! I am a new RE investor. There is a multiplex apartment building in my neighborhood where drug dealing and prostitution is occurring. My neighbors and I have called the police etc. The owners of the...

I served a 30 day notice to unit due to on-going obnoxious noise which was disturbing others. We’re talking snowmobiles at 2am, rocking until 5am type noise. I wanted them out. They didn’t drag it out, they cleaned ...

Hello all, I have an inherited tenant situation that I have not experienced and have never heard of this specific situation before. I purchased a property that had a tenant that was 3 months behind on rent, has no job...

Team,
I'm getting very interested in the rental arbitrage model as it seems to generate huge amounts of cash flow. I'm looking for the most accurate way to estimate my expenses.
How much can I expect for a cleaning ...

We have a nest thermostat,which is awesome because you can limit it to whatever temperature you want. Currently I have it locked so it can go no higher than 73 degrees. In my own home I do not ever set it higher than ...

Had 11 pipefitters in my big house.  3 story, 4 baths and a jacuzzi.  9 beds, 11 guys, day and night shift.  I was collecting weekly rent and one guy asked me if I wanted to stick around and see the show.  I asked wha...