Chelle Knijnenburg
lease change the renter (a lawyer) wants to add about escrow
Hello all.Our future renter wants to put these two items in the contract, one is in case we put the house on the market. Note that she is a lawyer. We don't fully understand the escrow clause and how it might affect ...
Eddie Pfeifer
1031 Exit Strategies
My wife and I have a NNN property in rural MS which is going great. The lease is guaranteed by the parent company, so even if store goes dark, we get paid as long as the company is solvent.We live abroad and are cons...
Account Closed
Tenant Screening Fees- is $40 per person too much?
Hi BP community I'm looking for your opinions on tenant screening fees for credit and background checks.We have a SFH for rent and were going to do the screening process through Cozy.co since it seems really easy for ...
Ken M Middleton
Paying 1st month's rent to PM if you find your own renter
Hey BP,
I'm looking at getting into my first property management agreement, and I'm pretty sure that I can find and screen a tenant on my own and would only need a PM company to maybe do potential showings for me sin...
Heath Watson
Good or Bad Deal? Duplex
2 bed 2 bath 1780sq ft. Each unit is 1 bed 1 bath which is a downside. One side is rented for 550 atm but I know rents could be raised some. The other side is gutted and 10-15k would get it rent ready (maybe could tur...
Anthony Wick
PayPal is free, unless your tenant can’t follow instructions
I know there’s a ton of posts and questions about how people collect rents. I’ve been using PayPal for quite a while. It’s free to landlords and tenants, and I get my money within 24 hours (the first time rent payment...
Sierra Fox
Tenant Gets a puppy against landlords permission
Hello,
My tenant signed the pet agreement (addendum to rental agreement) prior to getting a puppy without my knowledge. I just found out she got a puppy after signing the document and not asking for permission. Wh...
Dominic Scatto
Training Tenant/Constant Late Rent Payments
Hello Fellow BP'ers!So, I've been renting to the same tenants going on 3 years! Exciting, yes. Everything has been fairly uneventful with them - except for having to replace the whole HVAC system the first summer they...
Patrick Liska
security Deposit and Property Managers
Try to make this short and to the point. I have a realtor/ Property Management co that manages my properties in Pennsylvania. recently another real estate/ property management co. bought them out and merged but kept t...
Shiloh Lundahl
What have been your very best landlording tips?
Over the past couple of years we have focused mostly on flipping houses in Arizona. But starting this year, 2017, we are now starting to pick up rental properties that we are turning into lease options. So far we ha...