Purchased my first duplex on March 2 and it came with tenants currently occupying both sides. I currently have been able to get a lease signed with one of my tenants and rent collected for March with them. The other ...

Frequently, I encounter people that are reticent to become investors because they believe that tenants are a major, consistent problem. I think this is a fair assumption as it is something that seems to be theme that ...

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I had a unit up for rental (a townhome) and received an application from Zillow which showed that she has no criminal history and credit score was good as well. I did all my other due diligence like asking for...

Hi AllA few weeks ago, the owner of a property I manage received a "ticket" from the city of Cleveland because the tenant did not properly place the trash basket out in front of the house.  The city sent a "ticket" fo...

This is an interesting story for home owners in Florida. I just went through 2 weeks of hell but I finally won.I met a young couple who were unemployed and had no where to live. I allowed them stay in my house providi...

Long story short.Bought house, needed work, hired contractor with an agreement on price for work. Started work in first of November and told it would be end of the month before it was done. Now we are in the middle of...

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I’m totally new to real estate and I would greatly appreciate some direction. I would like to know how to buy a home that I can realistically afford, ideally in Central Florida – either Volusia County (Nor...

Hi All, I have a landlord-renter dispute that I was wanting to run by you all to gather some input before I proceed further.
For some background, I bought a property in a small college town in July 18’ in which I inh...

- How do you handle your security deposit? Do you use it for fixing the damages during the tenants stay? - When the tenant leaves and demands security deposit back, how do you handle this? - In PA, I can hold for up t...