Doing my first Rehab on single family home...  Property manager recommends Porcelain Tile (states more durable in long term) over luxury vinyl tile/plank.  Would love to hear your thoughts!  Thanks in advance for your...

My husband and I have found a property we would like to purchase to VRBO. We visit the area often so we would use it ourselves as well.The question is, we live out of state and wondering how difficult it will be to ma...

I am new to renting in CA and my tenant is about to leave. I just wondered if anyone knows if the $126 limit for returning a deposit without receipts is per deducted item or in total.  If needed, I will do the work m...

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I am getting a few rental units and I am wondering what sheen and color paint landlords are using in their units. I plan on holding the units for 20-30 years and want to make the best of them. Currently we a...

I bought a condo that's been a student rental for 23 years.  It was actually what I would call "student clean" when I got it, so it only took an hour of vacuuming per room to get it to the point where the carpets coul...

My tenant called me to let me know she's caught three bats coming out of the chimney in the last few weeks. I called a handful of extermination specialists, seems like no one is willing to come to the property for les...

Full disclosure: I did not come up with these suggestions... they're from an email I received today on the Mr. Landlord mailing list. If you have any suggestions to add, please do. I moved to Louisiana next year, so e...

I have a few trusts and LLc's. My attorney is wanting to chat about doing a master LLC with series llcs out of it. For example: Blue sky LLc. Then as you buy additional properties it works like this. Blue sky llc, vic...

Several Basic Fraud Schemes to Note:I have now been in accounting and specifically in Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination for 7+ years not only dealing with your typical frauds, embezzlement, theft, and breach o...

I am looking at both mobile homes and single family homes as options for cash flowing rentals. In my area a 3 bed 2 bath mobile would go for an all in price around 50k but the same size single family would run about 8...