Any tips if I house Hack in a duplex and the person next to me just stops paying? I am sure a good screening process can help avoid the situation but can't fully prevent it. 

I have a small condo that I short-term rent in the summer months. This is my first winter as the owner, so I decided to try and get someone in during the off season. Being only 20 minutes from Portland, ME and Maine M...

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First time poster, real estate investor. What method works best for finding potential renters and what do you require for move in....First, Last, & Security?
I’m in the greater Seattle area and this seems l...

When drafting my new Landlord lease I opted to go with Renters Insurance for my Tenants. My attorney said a minimum of 100K liability but my insurance agent suggested 300K liability for the Tenants, along with additio...

Under what circumstances do you keep full security deposits? Do you spell out those terms in your lease? Do you tell your renters who have acted according to your lease terms what you expect when they move out ? I’ve ...

hello BP, 1st time landlord question. When you are renting out a home, do you carry homeowners insurance and require teenat to carry renter's insurance too? Is there such a thing as too much coverage?

I am just starting my search for my first tenants of my second rental property. My first property has been rented by family and has been a breeze. I am now moving onto a property that family won’t be living in. The to...

This question goes out to current Landlords and Property Management teams in Portland.  Recently I have been hearing a lot about owners requiring their renters to provide Renters / Tenant policies before they move in....

I have a potential tenant relocating to the area from the east coast.  They want my unit for Feb 1 but are not planning to move until late March.  Rentals, especially decent ones, are tight in the area so he's willing...

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I was thinking about requiring renter's insurance as part of my lease. But now that I am looking over the lease documents and there is this section already in there: "All personal property placed in the leased...