Hi Everyone, I'm a law enforcement officer in Austin, Texas looking to get started in real estate investing.  As much as I enjoy protecting and serving the great citizens of the State of Texas, I've come to the realiz...

Hi everyone,We just started renovating the unoccupied side of a newly purchased duplex.  We are supposed to start on the occupied side next month as the tenants are supposed to be out by then.   The tenants are 2 sist...

I'm serving a 3-day notice to pay or quit this afternoon. It's totally my fault; I allowed an alternative method for a month, and the tenant took full advantage of my willingness to work with her. I've heard nothing f...

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?

We have just acquired a new property and we are having issues with one tenant.  She has a spotty payment history and has already broken a deal we stuck last Friday to pay on Monday.  Rent was due on the 1st and here w...

Previous tenant was given a 60 day notice and left after 30days in August. One of the searches found previous tenant to be staying very near to my property. Looks like he is influencing current tenant, as she texts me...

I have a tenant I am considering starting the eviction process on for noncompliance with terms of the lease (smoking inside the property). I spoke with the tenant about it and she agreed not to smoke inside but has st...

Hello Everyone,I am entered into a contract by providing rehab costs with a house flipper in Illinois (this is my first time investing in real estate).I am trying to figure out if they are or aren't telling me the tru...

Does anyone have a good recommendation for the method of serving unlawful detainer complaints and summons to my tenants?  There is a husband/wife and friend, 3 people, on the lease.  I understand if all tenants and no...

So my friend has a month-to-month lease with his tenant who hadn't paid the rent for a month. He served her the 3-day pay-or-quite notice, as well as a 30-day lease termination notice to terminate the month-to-month l...