Tenant has adult son that lives in the appartment. Son is not on the agreement. Do I have to ask for an application? Do I have to add the son incase of eviction?

About 6 months ago we purchased a small apartment building. Most of the tenants are great, and we have very few issues. However, there is one tenant we inherited who accounts for 80% of our maintenance calls, most of ...

I just put out the rent sign yesterday in the window but didn't post anything online because the place wasn't ready yet- I hadn't even decided which vinyl planks to install downstairs and needed to steamclean the carp...

Hi,I just wanted to take a poll to see if any investors had a preference between Elance or Odesk or do some of you use them interchangeably? I started with Odesk and now I'm exploring Elance.Does it come down to a mat...

It is true that 2016 is my first year of investing, however i feel like I've been in the business for years.  After purchasing my first two properties this year I'm having trouble getting my second rented.  So far it'...

I'm beans new to real estate--I'll be closing on my first house next week and I'll be house hacking it, so this question is specifically about renting out rooms in your own house (as opposed to like a duplex).1) How d...

I had prospective tenant's view an apartment yesterday. When they learned that there were multiple interested parties, they put down a security deposit to hold the apartment. I did not have any agreement on hand to sa...

I have a possible tenant stating they do not have to pay a non refundable pet fee to have two small dogs live with them in our property because they are therapy dogs for her dad of which she is the caretaker for. To m...

Do you see anything wrong here?

When a current apartment is rented with tenants, and you need to rent the place for when they leave, do you have them fill out an application first? I currently use Zillow for applying, but I'd have to tell prospectiv...