Hello All,I have a single family home in CA where I reduced the rent by $175.00 a month in exchange for landscaping services from the tenant.  As I switched tenants within one day, I have little, but I believe suffici...

Hi BP,I've seen a few matters of opinions on this in the forums and would love a concise answer to how this should be done. The verbiage of my lease agreement from Apartments.com says that "Resident agrees to pay a Se...

I have a tenant who doesn’t pay and explicitly said is not going to. I will start eviction process soon. Can I keep security deposit or I still have to return portion of it after?

Is a landlord in California able to use the tenants security deposit for the time required to return the unit to move in condition? For example if the unit rents out for $4,000 a month and it takes 1 week to return th...

What is everyone’s thoughts on using security deposits vs other methods? The last few places I have personally rented have not had security deposits but rather smaller non refundable fees during application process. L...

Hey everyone, this is a question from a renter's perspective. I had a dog at the last place I rented, and when the new tenants moved in they complained to the owner about bug bites. It was something I had dealt with i...

How does it work to have tenants deposit directly into your bank account? Do you just give them your account number? Isn't that dangerous? I've never heard of this and would like to understand the mechanics.
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Trina

Recently I have connected with a local wholesaler who has presented a property to us for consideration. He explained that his fee is taken off of the front end when a deposit is made and contracts are signed, which is...

My land lord that always acted like a nice guy is trying to say i owe him 600 because my 1200 dollar deposit didnt cover it. Ive been in this house for 4 years, and im also disabled. He is trying to charge me 75.0...

Need to ask some others about this.

·Previous tenants infested the carpet with fleas I am holding 200 dollars in pet deposit no matter what. I cleaned the carpet on four different occasions over a week and h...