I just recently listed my home for rent.  This will be my first time being a landlord.  In my ad for the rental, I set some guidelines that should help weed out some undesirable tenants.  The criteria I listed is Firs...

Hi everyone,I have just went under contract on a home in East Flat bush / Canarsie area in Brooklyn. I understand that the location is lower middle class but it looks like a faily decent neighborhood, especially somew...

There was no reason, but the day I hit 30, I realized it was “ME”.
Everyone around my family was doing fine, work was great, it was a
nice day. Just for some reason, I realized I was the person in
charge of my li...

Don't get me wrong, I am never giving up. However, sometimes this industry gets to me. There are times, dealing with truly just bad people, that makes me wonder why I do this to begin with.I always go back to my "wh...

Hi BP,
I have a house in College Park, MD. It has a separate upstairs and downstairs unit. The tenants downstairs have complained of marijuana smell from upstairs several times already. At this point, the upstairs te...

I'm reading a lot about tenants and prospective tenants trying to skirt around "no pet" leases / rentals by claiming that they have "support animals" .. 
I am in Virginia and wondering if anyone is familiar with how ...

What is your opinion of Trans Union Smart Move credit and background check service?  Has anyone used it?  Do the reports give sufficient information to make a good decision?Do you collect the $35 from the tenant and r...

I am looking for an entity to manage the oversight of roughly 10 rental properties (both residential and commercial) after I die. I have property managers to manage the properties themselves, but I need an entity to k...

Thinking through the process of screening prospective tenants, and I wanted to get some input from other BP members. What are some good questions to use during the tenant screening process? (ie. non-obvious, trap ques...

Is there a difference between a service pet and a comfort pet? If there is a difference are the regulations regarding rental properties the same? Can pet fees still be applied? Lastly, what are the regulations regardi...