Greg Despres
Dealing with HOA/Property Management
Just rehabbed our first rental home. The place was a wreck. Trees engulfed the home. Absolute eye sore for at least 2 years. We found it, fixed it up, put a renter in the place. It looks 1,000 times better and the...
Bruce Woodruff
Ok, I've got a tough one...need ideas.
Looking for some 'outside-the-box' ideas from you guys. Story: I was waiting until March to list a house for sale - a previous primary home, rural but really nice custom home, great neighborhood full of nice houses, i...
Jennifer A.
I've trained a tenant to pay late . . .
One of my tenants constantly struggles to pay rent on time. They have always paid my late fee. There is ALWAYS a reason they are behind. One spouse just got laid off and received a large longevity payment as part of t...
Steve Boianelli
When do you collect late fees?
I have a question regarding late fees. My lease doesn't specify when a late fee is to be collected but it does specify that if rent is not received after the 10th day of the month a late fee is assessed. Last month I ...
Lettie T.
Inherited tenant refuses to sign addendum. What are my options?
I purchased a rental over the summer that was already occupied. The lease and other documents provided by the former PM clearly stated that there were no dogs in the household and that pets would only be allowed after...
Todd Smith
New to the game. Need advice
Purchasing two rental properties and need advice. How do you go about meeting new tenants? Should I have them sign new leases or just enforce the current ones? I'm fine with the current leases. Any other advice the yo...
Sathya San
Property Management Indemnification Clause
Hi everyone, a property manager I'm considering has this indemnification clause which seems to say they will not be held liable EVEN where there is negligence on their part (correct me if I'm misinterpreting this)! I...
Sami Gren
Seller taking his time and long after contract period
Hi, I'm in contract on a multi-family house and it is already more than 3 month - that's much longer than the 60-day contract we have. And I can't close because the seller still has to get done a few things, he claims...
Diane G.
Can HOA impose renting limitation after the fact in CA?
My friend has a situation where he bought a condo in SF about 10 years ago, rented the whole time.... Now he got a new tenant that is noisy/loud and caused issues with neighbors because of that.... HOA is now trying t...
Account Closed
Nightmare tenants
So I'm reading all of these posts about 'nightmare tenants' and I'm wondering...are these all tenants that were not screened properly or substandard tenants that were allowed in because there was no better choice at t...