I have a tenant in northern VA that lost keys to the apartment. I came by and gave her copies of the keys and did not charge her for it. She is now asking for the locks to be changed as a result of her losing the keys...

I just received my closing disclosure and questioned why they are charging me $500 for an appraisal when the it cost $400 from the report. Their response was they charge $100 for an in house appraisal review fee. Ne...

I'm going to be managing a rental in a high demand area. It's a small bedroom and under normal circumstances such bedrooms are charged as if the tenant would be sharing a bathroom and a kitchen with other tenants also...

Hello,I have a tenant who still hasn't put the electricity in her name, and waited two weeks after she moved in to put the gas in her name. It was a rookie mistake that I allowed her to move in while the utilities wer...

Hi BP,I have a B+ class 2bed/2bath condo that I'm preparing to list for rent. The market rent without utilities is about $2,100 which I have verified with local agents and property managers. The condo is in a midrise ...

Hello! New investor here 👋🏻 Is it standard practice for a lender to charge for a credit check? Currently being charged $40 for a "credit report payment authorization".

Do most property managers charge a percentage of total gross potential rent, or total collected rent?

I'm wondering if its "common" practice to charge people for rental application /credit check screening or if the landlords are absorbing that cost in this market? We are about to use TransUnion's "mysmartmove" for app...

Heating bills have been rising a lot,  I would like to bill tenants for heat going forward.
Has anybody billed tenants for heat when using a central boiler run on natural gas that heats all apartments ?Let's say 12 a...

I have a friend who was renting out a SFH and he left a large couch in the basement. He left it from when he used to live there. He didn't include any information about it in the lease. A family that lived there had a...