Older home with great bones built in 1942 - needed full remodel.Purchase price: 235k - short saleProjected costs and time: 45k and 3-4 months.Actual renovation & carry costs $86k and 8 months of work.Commissions/c...

Hi all,I recently bought my first property and I have had it up for rent for 1 week listed at $1250.The link to my property can be found here - http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/9...I am thinking about ...

I have an applicant who has listed a Rottweiler and German Shepherd as their support animals. How do I proceed of letting them know we are not interested in renting to them?

Working on creating my policies for becoming a landlord in Chicago, IL before i buy my first building because of the highly ambitious goal of having 1000 rental units by the time I'm 40 (which will be in 13 years from...

I own a rental property and the house has numerous mice. Professionals came out and said the house needs to be sealed for a total cost of $1,800. My wife went into the hospital and I cannot afford to spend $1,800. All...

Hi Everyone,

So after countless hours of listening to podcasts, surfing these forums learning from you all, and reading tons of articles/books I am super pumped to finally be closing on my first property in abou...

Hi, I'm a newish landlord and could use some advice.I have a tenant moving out this month who has generally been a good tenant other than she is moving out a few months early (although our market is super hot so not a...

Ideally, I wouldn't want either a tenant that smokes or has a pet. 
But, in these uncertain times, if you had to choose one, which one would you choose?I know smoking leaves smell on the carpets, but won't pets do th...

I'm setting up a new rental (large SFR with backyard) in Cozy and can't decide if I should allow pets or not. My current tenants don't have pets, so it didn't come up previously, but with the new listing I'm leaning t...

Hello everyone!I recently bought a duplex with tenants living in it. On one of the side the tenants was smoking inside and had been for 4 years. When we did there lease we talked to them about how they will not be abl...