I am close to purchasing my first SFH rental. The interiors are painted beige. The paint is fine - it just needs a little touch up here and there. My property manager took a tour of the house today and gave me a (low ...

We have a few properties managed by a property manager. They pay vendors and they pay us, after taking their cut, then we receive a statement from them every month.
My CPA is saying we need to collect W9s from the v...

I just had a large group check out and our cleaner informed us that while most of it was what you'd expect from a large group, the bunk room had two sets of bloodied sheets, imprints on the black out shades, multiple ...

Hi all,I spent the past 6 months building and decorating an AirBnB apartment in my basement, and the third guests smoked meth in the unit.  :/  It is a long story of how we figured it out, but essentially bags over th...

Hello Everyone,I've finally decided on my first property investment, and it is in Cedar Park, TX, just northwest of Austin.  I've just gotten into contract, and like everyone's recommendation on a property manager.  I...

We have not allowed pets in the past, mostly because we have not had any problems finding tenants without pets (but a lot of pet owners asked anyway). We are about to have 3 units in duplexes available for December 1,...

I would appreciate any recommendation for a cigarette smoke detector that either can be checked remotely by WiFi or that has a memory function.  I have a tenant in one of my units in a nonsmoking building who is smoki...

Hi,
It's been ~4 months since my wife and I started our real estate journey. After scouring the MLS every day, checking out properties every weekend and 2 accepted offers that fell apart during inspection, we finally...

My tenants got divorced and couldn't afford to pay the full rent.  Over the phone I said I would accept a smaller amount, knowing I could deduct it from their deposit.  This is legal correct?  Also, I just found out t...

Hi,  I am screening for new tenants,  Most of the enquires are with Pets.   should I allow Pets ( 1Dog & 1 Cat) in my Rental Property? (potential tenant live across the street, with one small dog and one Cat).I a...