Hello,   As an active buy&hold landlord type, I often have to run criminal checks on people.  I have been using SentryLink.  They do a national level search for about $20.  Problem though.  It's happened twice.  I...

So I was thinking of requiring renters insurance when our tenants renew next time.  Let's say market rent in our area is $875 for a 500 square foot 1/1.  If I require renters insurance, should I reduce my rent to $850...

I am hitting a wall with Portfolio Lenders in Massachusetts. Although their loans are in-house they follow the Fannie Mae guidelines and the one I can not overcome presently is ... 2 years of self employed income h...

I was looking at expired MLS listings as a source of new investment properties, and came across one that is listed as handicap accessible.  Not sure if I should pursue it.  1) Is there a rental market for Handicap acc...

Hey BP! Wondering what everyone uses to keep track of financials/documentation and in general just stays organized with all of their investing. I'm considering just expanding my storage space for my Google Drive and c...

I was just reading a thread about someone having to evict a deadbeat tenant and was curious to get some info from all our landlords on the site.

Of the tenants you've recently evicted, what percentage of you have b...

Tenant screening is one of the most important parts of being a landlord and I think talking to the potential tenants previous landlord is key to accepting vs not accepting. What questions do you and can you ask the ap...

We purchased a SFR in Murrieta, fixed it all up, and hired a property manager to rent it for us. About 6 weeks after we closed, he found a self-employed tenant with a 730 FICO and over $20k in the bank. Our new tenant...

I am trying to buy this portfolio of properties from this seller who is allowing seller finance. If anybody has any tips on the process...do I get the title company involved, do we write up a quit claim deed? 

I'm a remote landlord this time. Yesterday, tenant found listing on furnished finder and made specific requests and they were hoping to get in that day, so I told them they could deposit cash in my bank and I would em...