Joshua Hutton
Renting out by room experience
Curious how your experience has been renting out by room? What should I look out for? Is it better to charge rent plus utilities or one fixed rate?
Jak Dadi
Bed Bugs
I have a tenant who complained to bed bug issues right after we purchased the fourplex. I talked to the seller of the property and he indicated that based on her complaints, he had the unit fumigated in October. He ga...
Joseph Tarallo
Asbestos, Lead Paint, And more. NJ 3 family
Hi I am in the process of maybe purchasing a huge 3 family home for a pretty cheap price, however it needs a lot of repairs. We do our own work so I will save a lot of money that way. There is some things I am conc...
Denise Madrid
Buyer Backed Out Due to Powerline Nearby
Well, my partner and I just got word that our buyer backed out of our flip property today because they found out that there is a powerline near the house and they have a newborn on the way. They did research and fo...
Jerry Poon
Ebola Effect
I am not spreading doubt and fear. I am just wondering if anyone has Ebola on their minds and how if might affect the real estate market.
Chelsea Mastin
A "Wheel Chair Friendly" Vacation Rental?
I know it is illegal to discriminate, but has anyone purposely created a STR for physically handicapped vacationers? I am purchasing a property 3 blocks away for a large, well-known medical establishment (3 hospitals,...
Jack B.
I suspect my tenants father in-law is breaking things on purpose
Tenant has lived there for a month and has had 4 service calls. Each one the father in law "finds" the issue. Except the house never had any of these issues with previous occupants and went through inspection without ...
Fred Kian
kb from sunny southern California!
Hi all!Thinking about getting back into real estate investing. Did about 10 or so deals a few years back, got cocky and tried some new home development. Got out just weeks before the market collapsed in 2008. Fortu...
Pete Sailhamer
Enforce "No Smoking" rule on current tenants in new Purchase?
I am closing on an 8-unit shortly and have been debating back and forth on this one. I have a no smoking rule in our lease that I use for all our rentals. However a couple of the current tenants smoke as it has been...
Courtney Duong
commercial lease - landlord prohibited uses
Hi all,So I manage a retail strip (9 units, 2 are vacant now) in Cypress, TX. In each of the lease that we are having with all of our current tenants we have a Landlord Prohibit Uses list below. Last week we had som...