Anti-social personalities (aka sociopaths) can fool the best of us but I ignored the red flags, so this is on me.  "Kathy" is a 32 yr. old dog groomer who moved into my 1864 walk-up in early March.  Her first month's ...

I'm in the process of turning over my property and have my top 3 applicants whom all meet the qualifications. My number 1 applicant is a couple with caged rats as pets. My number 2 is a couple with 2 large dogs (over ...

I got myself into trouble by verbally agreeing to a tenant's question during a signing over a year ago:These A+ tenants said, "We're interested in getting a dog at some point. If that's ok, we can sign a two year leas...

Hello,I'm trying to kick-off my real estate career by doing house hacking. I'm going to be working in Chelsea NY and looking to invest in a multifamily property in NJ that is accessible to NY via train. I'd be staying...

Purchased a condo in a nice part of SF in 2017. overpaid, but at that point housing was appreciating quite a bit year over year and we were confident we’d be able to rent at cash flow positive rate if we ever moved. W...

I own three rental homes in Central Texas. After a recent full remodel, I listed one for lease with no smoking and no pets. One applicant listed two persons and a cat. I decided to waive the cat and we started negotia...

Hello, rookie real estate investor here with some questions...I recently closed on my first property in Colorado Springs and will be looking to house hack the master bedroom to a tenet. I have found someone that would...

Hey I'm pretty new to the BP forums and the BP podcast. My wife and I are learning a lot about REI lately, mostly syndications, although we do own a couple of rentals (4-plex and duplex) that we've had for some time a...

Question for you Landlords out there: What is your process for showing a unit and screening tenants? I have heard that some landlords require an application and background (which would include a fee) before they will ...

Good day everyone. So I rent by the room and have a tenant for the first time with a pet dog. He's a rescue, I believe a lab/retriever mix, less than 2 years old. He seemed mild-tempered, listened to his owner's comma...