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A 3/1 townhouse I own in Baltimore was trashed by a Section 8 tenant who moved out at the end of 2016. I spent more than I expected getting it back in shape. Then had difficulty renting it for several months, for vari...
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Hi all,
I listened to a podcast recently where the guest mentioned investing in real estate in Belize. Pair that with my desire to start over in a tropical destination (I work in IT and can work anywhere) and I start...
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I have one tenant who's been here a long time, before I started not officially including internet. Now I say "I sometimes share mine with people as a courtesy, but it's not included-- if the person makes my internet ...
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We have a Strict cancellation policy but guests are asking for full refunds due to events that are cancelled in the area. We are not in a region of the US that Airbnb recognizes in the extenuating circumstance guideli...
I am building a house...https://www.dropbox.com/s/2ta56u5d2esz6h9/house.JP...... that will cost about $73,000 to build, mostly because I'm doing a lot of the labor myself.Based on current market data, I think I can se...
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One of my tenant, Her rent is due on the 1st and 6 out of 12 month pays rent late. Usually by the 2 Nd and third ,one time on the 12th after I told her if she doesn’t pay me on time and not repond ding my text I will ...
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Hello, I have a problem tenant and the latest is I have a failure to pay rent judgement against them. Today is the day I can file for eviction. Last night I get a text from the tenant saying I can come pick up the r...
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Tenants have been in my rental since February with their dog and they pay $50 month extra as a pet fee. In NJ I cannot accept a pet deposit and security deposit so I decided to add the monthly pet fee. The dog died...
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I'm trying to figure out how to best communicate with my tenants regarding this difficult time of the corona virus.I'd like to be sensitive to what's going on, but I also want to be able to cover my mortgages, bills e...
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Double closings using the Dovetail Method. Can anyone explain why this is good or bad. How does it work? Thanx, Herbster