I'm in the process of negotiating to purchase a home that is occupied by a very elderly schizophrenic tenant who, according to the seller, has not paid rent or been on a lease in nearly ten years.  What should I do to...

Allow me to catch you up to speed before moving forward. My career path has been more crooked than a hunchback lawyer. I began like most; working odd jobs throughout high school. From grocery store cashier to pizza de...

Hi guys. I want to start working on my blog here in a bit and write some longer, informed answers to commonly asked questions. One of the main questions I find myself answering for hopeful OOS investors over and over ...

So I went on an appointment to look at a house today where the owner had rented the property to his daughter, who then allowed her boyfriend to turn the property into a pot grow house. I was absolutely floored to find...

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I am a new landlord on some out of state houses, thus I hired a management company. Today, the mgmt company asked me to approve a potential tenant for one of my homes. Single lady with two teenage kids. She has a c...

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I have a tenant that moved in on August 16th; before she moved in I sent her a text telling her I would prorate the rent in September and that she had to pay a security deposit + one full month's rent to move in....

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I'm getting ready to list for rent for the first time and am curious about your rental application criteria for tenants? This is what I'm thinking. But honestly, it seems like it might be too cumbersome? I'm...

I had a lead come in today regarding a 3/2 1500 sqft home.  I will be going to walk the property in the next few days, waiting on the owner to schedule a time with the current occupants.  The property has an in the gr...

I will enter escrow on Monday and recently viewed units and noticed that two tenants have dogs and the owner currently has a no pets policy. One tenant tried to hide that they had a dog but the unit had a pet smell an...