Michael McDevitt
Marijuana Question from a Prospective Tenant
I live in Colorado, where both medical & recreational marijuana is legal. Today, I just listed my best rental home on Zillow. It is in an exclusive neighborhood, and is a very nice large home. In fact, it will ...
Michael Temple
Tenant asking for bug treatment
I received this text this morning from one of my tenants..."Good Morning, Mike! We have been seeing a TON of spiders and bugs in the house, and were wondering if it would be possible to get it sprayed. Please let me k...
Jane S.
tenant injured, part of rent will be late
Due to injury the "wife" (unmarried couple) was out of work for 3 weeks. The "husband" just emailed me. Injury occurred 3 weeks ago but they didnt inform me about paying late. They write. "We will be depositing as muc...
Diana Costta
Having a hard time finding tenants for my rental my unit.
Dear BP investors,I have a duplex in Ohio and I put an 1/1 unit on the market for rent. It has been on the market for more than a month, my PM told me to consider decreasing the rent, but I see competitors in the area...
Derek Steinmetz
FHA Owner Occupancy Requirements - Less than One Year
In July, I moved into a 2 family that we purchased using FHA financing. We are now interested in moving to another area of town. I know you are supposed to owner occupy FHA properties for one year, but I am having ...
Ben D.
Sell or rent trailer house
Hey everyone. I recently bought a foreclosed mobile home for $27000 with .5 acres of land. I leveraged a line of credit paying about 7 or 8 percent interest to buy the whole thing. The question is whether I want to do...
Krystal Baker
Just got the call - house is destroyed.
I am a fairly new investor, and just got a call from my property manager in Kansas City (I'm in California) that the house is destroyed. The property was between tenants, and the manager was there last night to ma...
Connor Riley
How to charge your time spent on repairs after tenant leaves
Hey fellow landlords!How do I charge (keep from deposit) the amount of time it took me to complete repairs after the tenant leaves. Here in Denver, Colorado, I have 30 days to return the deposit and I'm coming up on t...
Mark Yu
Newbie from DC/Balt area.
Been lurking on here a couple of months... Reading the FAQs/Forums, etc. (haven't quite hit the podcasts yet) and such. Really feeling the "paralysis by analysis" thing. But hoping to pull the trigger starting in 2015...
Joe Calderon
Include a clause in lease to ease eviction?
A user from another forum suggested"Thats what conditional leases are for. All it takes is a few lines of type to make a bulletproof lease. Something along the lines of a year lease converting to a month by month leas...