Ned J.
Picking my next tenant
looking for some insight on selecting my next tenant...I'm doing my applications through Cozy and I've used a lot of the guidelines I've learned about on BP...just trying to figure out my "deal breakers"House is up fo...
Mark Sewell
Encouraging my kid to Househack in Austin
So my oldest kid finished college in May, got some random job somewhere, and lives and works in Austin somewhere. She doesn't earn a ton, but she wisely moved in with some lady and rents a room in a house. Pretty ...
John Woodington
Buying Property to Get Rid of Drug Dealer Neighbors
I live in a town home association just north of Minneapolis, MN. There are 47 total units, and all of them are no trouble, except for one particular neighbor. The owner is older, and does not live at this town house...
Allison Cannie
Adding the name to a deed in NC
How do you go about adding a name to the deed of a house that currently has a mortgage?
Tosha Revere
To renew or not to renew
Long post warning....New landlord here, my first tenants (mom/daughter) moved in Oct 2018. Daughter is 63 and Mom is 85. Mom had just enough income to qualify for 3x rent and good credit. Daughter had bad credit and...
Ron Russell
School towns - good or bad?
My daughter is going to school at ASU and we are paying for housing. I am considering buying a condo and having her roommates help for the next two to three years . Has anyone found college areas to be better investme...
Marcia Maynard
Weird Crimes....What's your story?
Just when you think you've heard it all....On Easter Sunday one of our elderly tenants was enjoying the good weather and had his front door open. A woman who he had never seen before walked into his apartment and went...
Ken Boone
Laws/Rules concerning ESAs and STRs
So I don't want to turn this into an argument of whether or not someone should allow pets in their STR. We have decided that we do not allow pets in our STRs. My daughter suffers from severe animal allergies. Now we...
Barbara Hlavaty
Texas Refi-Cashout - Duplex - New rules say not allowed???
My daughter was doing a cash-out refi on her duplex, but her lender just said the following. Has anyone heard Texas Cashout A-6 for multi-family units are no longer allowed? Does she have any other places to go to ref...
Derek Luttrell
Closed on First Out of State SFR - Screening Question
Hey Everyone, I closed on my first out of state rental today--it's my hometown in Indiana, but I live in Chicago now. My dad is still in this town.Anyway, I put up an online ad yesterday, had my closing at 9:00 a.m. t...