Lots of people have asked me how to start doing a "Rental Arbitrage" in STR (short term rentals - Airbnb is most popular but VRBO is another way).Rental arbitrage is you as the investor rents a home and becomes the te...

I think I could write a book sometimes with some of the crazy stories from owning and managing vacation rentals. I'd love to hear your stories and how you've addressed the issue to prevent it from happening again (if ...

Are all last-minute applicants bad ones?

I've been looking for a February roommate.

I've started getting more inquiries again, but after a quick Google/court record search for them, I have charming candidates.

1) S...

Happy New Year everyone!

I recently purchased an investment property and will be inherenting a family with 2 pitbulls.

Please advice on how I should word a clause in the contract to protect myself as a ...

Over the years of landlording and owning property in a college town, I have noticed that my Special Stipulations section in my leases have taken on some strange phrases and warnings to new tenants. It seems that e...

Between my commercial and residential properties, over a dozen tenants have already reached out to me about upcoming rents.  If this is the first time tenants have issues paying their rents in your case, consider your...

It seems like this crises might be over soon, but that doesn't mean anything will return to normal. In fact there are major changes ahead and the chances of a massive Depression are extremely high. In this post I will...

I recently contracted a landscaping company to do a complete overhaul at my rental. Today, the tenant contacts me unhappy that they were using Round-Up as it contains glyphosate. Trying to reassure her, I sent her lin...

This is in Texas.I have a situation where some domestic violence has occurred and the wife has told me he trashed the house.    I contacted him today and told him I was coming by for an inspection tomorrow.   He has n...