I am buying a duplex that is currently rented out with 1 year leases on both sides. The leases are up in November. The one caveat is that the one tenant has a fairly large pitbull. Was wondering what my options might ...

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Good morning and Happy Father's Day to all the fathers here on BP. I have a question concerning residential short sale/foreclosure leasebacks. Recently, I contacted someone looking for a realtor specializing in ...

Hello folks. I was interested to hear Jered Strurm, on his BP podcast interview, discuss his experiences vetting property management companies. He mentioned having reached out to local property management outfits in t...

We did an annuaL inspection on one of our SFH yesterday.  This tenant is behind one month on the rent.  She tried to make excuses for the inspection not to happen.  We found the house (which is a very nice house in a ...

I have filed for eviction on a tenant and I am waiting for her to be served. The day after I filed I noticed she had moved out of the house. I can see in the house and everything is gone. I then put up a For-Rent s...

In my 8 years of landlording, I have relied heavily on background and credit checks. But now I have a vacancy and an applicant who is a foreign student at a local college. He does not have a social security number, bu...

Hello my name is Gaby and I am a newbie about to get my hands somewhat "dirty". I plan on buying  a duplex in about 4 months ( when I find it). I am planning on taking the same path as most newbies which is living on ...

I'll be sending my first three day notice to a tenant and would greatly appreciate any advice you folks can offer.

I've spent a couple hours reading through the various eviction threads and have learned a ton. First...

I went to see "The Box" last night. It was one of the better written screenplays I've seen in some time and while it wasn't a "scary" moving it was quite 'unnerving". The basic premise is that a couple in a perceive...

Basics about me:- 25yo and unmarried- $65k/year income (may be getting bumped up slightly soon due to a promotion)- currently studying outside of work to add some more designations behind my name (already have CFP, wo...