Steve Diercks
Owners vacated house bought on Auction.com
The owner of the house left when they received my notice a few weeks ago. They have never communicated with me and now I see the have moved out. They left what appears to be unwanted items. Old bicycles, chairs, lu...
Debbie Carbone
Rental property mail boxes
I love this site!!! I have a 10 unit rental property (2 of the 10 units are commercial) and I want to replace the mail boxes. Right now they are old, worn and none match I feel bad for the mail man. I have found a sit...
Eli Altman
I found a safe during a tenant move out. Tenant has no idea.
So I was doing a move out walk-through with a tenant and saw a big box on a shelf in the laundry room. I asked him about it. He said he had no idea what it was and that it was there when he moved in in 2009. Felt pret...
Craig Martin
How to obtain keys to an out of state foreclosure
I’m looking at bidding on a auctioned home online for an out of state house. Does anyone have any advise how to obtain the keys after winning the bid? Will a property management company handle that for me and place a ...
Brandon Hicks
Anyone able to get good discounts on bulk buys at Menards/Home Depot
I'm closing on a 12 unit apartment complex in the next couple of weeks and plan on rehabbing all 12 one-bed units in the same finishes and products as the units open up. Theyre pretty rough now so I'll be needing 24 e...
A Sanderlin
Should Prop Mgr show for the appraisal of a rented property?
Is it a common practice for the property mgr to NOT be in attendance when a loan appraiser does a walk-through of a rented property? In our specific case, the appraiser contacted us directly for access to an area that...
Rob Donovan
What to do with all these keys?
How do you guys keep all your keys organized? I don't have that many units yet, but already all these keys are a hassle. On a similar topic, what do you do about changing locks? Is there a good landlord lockset that i...
Paul A.
Tenant refuses change of lock
Hello all, I have a tenant who called and said she thought she saw someone with a copy of her key...Maybe we dropped one on accident. I told her I would check with my Fiance, we have our keys, but for piece of mind I ...
Bobby Paquette
Out of State Landlord who Manage their Own
What is the best piece of advice you woul give someone who is going to be managing their out of state rentals? (Without saying "Don't do it")
Bret N.
Securing a property before foreclosing on a 1st lien. What type of notices should be posted?
The property is abandoned. I am having a company secure the property tomorrow and change the locks. Any advice about signage and signs to post?