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John Romero Forcing tenants to pay rent online
3 October 2020 | 58 replies

I was thinking of writing into my lease that tenants are required to pay rent through an online rent collection website. Can I legally require new tenants to pay rent online and that no checks/cash will be accepted?

Jeff Rabinowitz Rent is current. Tenant wants to renew. I won't. Am I nuts?
23 March 2015 | 54 replies

This may be the strangest thing I have ever encountered in my time as a landlord. Here's a little background info: This property is managed by my property manager. It is rented at the highest amount it ever has been. ...

Jonathan R. Evicting for Noise- Mental Illness...
4 December 2023 | 38 replies

Hello BP Community. I have a real doozy going on here. I just moved in a few weeks ago a new section 8 tenant into a duplex with the other side occupied by another section 8 tenant. I am getting great rent per side. A...

Tony C. Filing a 1065 Partnership return Husband/Wife vs Schedule E
15 January 2025 | 41 replies

We (husband and wife filing jointly) are looking for a CPA. While interviewing CPAs to file our 2012 taxes we are trying to determine if we should file a partnership return or listed all of our properties on our ...

David J. Unfair madness! Landlords getting hosed.
24 August 2022 | 166 replies

Some Perspective... 0.15%
That's the percent of American people who have Covid-19 at the time of this writing.  NOT even 1% of the total population.
Suppose the disease were to quadruple before this is over, that w...

Christopher Smith California Draconian Rent Control and Property Tax Inc Nov Ballot
4 November 2020 | 68 replies

In addition to an irresponsible Draconian Rent Control measure, California will also be voting on an equally irresponsible Confiscatory Property Tax increase in November.Props 21 and 15 respectively, will combine to t...

Brandon Hicks Pit bulls as service dogs.....
30 January 2018 | 112 replies

Just got a call in Indiana from a lady whose kid has a pit as a "service" dog. Thoughts on this? Can I still discriminate against the breed as I normally do with pits, rotts and so on even if they have papers?

Sean Tippens Unknowingly renting to illegal immigrants ......
7 October 2019 | 113 replies

Just wondering if there could be any issues with unknowingly renting to illegal immigrants. As a landlord, are we responsible for inquiring as to their citizenship? Could we get into trouble legally if we don’t?

Scott Ficek How do you screen prospective tenants?
29 November 2015 | 110 replies

I thought I would throw out a topic for discussion....Tell me about the process that you go through to screen tenants.

Patrice Boenzi Wholesaling - Is It About to Change?
18 December 2019 | 197 replies

The Real Estate License Act (RELA) of 2000 is about to sunset. Check out the changes they are making to the RELA regarding wholesaling. How do you think this will affect things? 
Excerpt is taken from the article pos...