"Everything looks great"If you're new to being a landlord and use property managers, even out of town, I share this story to encourage you to ALWAYS do your own move out inspection.One of my PMs recently told me they ...

It was like walking though a time capsule only with mold and piles of what might be trash or could be treasure.  This home has not been lived in since 1985 and the owner wants $5k  to walk away.  I have good reason to...

A neighbor near a duplex that I own has called me twice now to tell me that my tenant is berating her and her son in the street, yelling obscenities and just going off.I am not this neighbor’s landlord. After the firs...

As an investor, what are the most important aspects you look for in a contractor? What makes them stand out among the dozens of others doing the same trade?

When you have a contractor you use regularly, what w...

When you are switching tenants, do you take pictures/videos of the room/home in-between each group of tenants? If so, where do you store them and how do you organize it?  

Can a tenant allow access of a detached garage to others ?I manage a 10 apartment complex in Buena Park CA where the garages are in a different areas. One of my tenants is on section 8. The father of her daughter came...

We bought our first SF rental property this past fall just outside Denver. We went through all the initial inspections, made some larger replacements like a new electrical box and furnace and were lucky enough to find...

Does anyone have a few tips or things they wish they would have known etc before they started an Airbnb!? I will be starting one this summer and am curious if anyone has any cool “tricks” they’ve learned to get more b...

Long story short... our tenant has been in his unit for approximately four months and has reported a greywater backup every month in the septic system (while running laundry, backup occurs in bathtub).We've spent over...

Some of you might be following the deal diary thread my business partner @Bill Labrecque and I started for our 2-family flip in Southington, Connecticut here on BP.After closing we noticed that in the 2-car detached...