Mallory Guerrero
Landlord responsibilities when rental is broken in to?
Our out of state tenant just informed us her house was broken into today. Nothing major happened but wanted to make sure we aren’t missing anything as to what our responsibilities are as landlords.
Lyndsey Keller
Poll: Inspecting Your properties
Once you have a tenant in place:
How often do you do inspections?
Do you include inspection info in your lease agreement?
How do tenants handle an inspections?
What exactly do you look for?
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Chris Lawrence
Quarterly Rental Property Inspections
I currently have (3) rental properties and was wondering what other landlords do for quarterly inspections- if you do an informal walk around of the outside and inside of the property or if you have formal checklist t...
Jacob Elbe
Do I really need a chimney liner?
I'm buying a duplex and the home inspector brought up a concern about the furnaces and hot water heaters venting into the old chimney on the house. There are no fireplaces. I've never heard of this before, so am hop...
Bruce Woodruff
Please explain benefits of arbitrage to a dumb landlord....
After all these hundreds of posts about arbitrage, I just don't get it........so I have a question to ask. I have never actually done arbitrage from either side, so excuse my ignorance :-). Here goes: Can anyone expla...
Emily Harries
Landlord monthly/yearly Checklist
Hello,
I am a newbie with one investment duplex, is there a consolidated monthly/ yearly checklist to reference, so I am not forgetting to do something with my rental property?
Thank you!
Matt Smith
Steps taken after closing
I will be closing on my first rental property (duplex) next week and wanted to see what processes people have in place to transition into the new property. The units are both currently rented so I want to go there wi...
Michael Pilolla
Is This Rehab Breakdown Acceptable?
Hey BP Peeps,I'm closing on my first property and I'm very excited. I'm working with a contractor who's done work on my primary residence (and is now a rental) and he's always done great work. He's an investor as well...
Mike Fisher
Photovoltaic systems for rental properties
Hi guys,I am considering installing a 3.5 kW grid-tie photovoltaic system with micro-inverters on each SFH rental property that I buy here in the DFW area. The initial investment for the system will be around $12k. My...
Account Closed
Leaking kitchen sink not reported until damage was extensive- Who pays for repairs?
I have a sfh in NC that has been rented for a little less than a year. All pipes/plumbing were in working order when rented. Today I received a complaint that the the pipe under the kitchen sink has a leak and apparen...