I'm screening applicants for my rental. Actually I have had two applicants so far with great credit scores but couldn't provide bank statement showing rent payment history. I went by the addresses showing on credit re...

Last year a tenant signed a lease contract that started January 15, and for some reason, may be a senior moment, I wrote the contract to end this year on January 15. (He paid deposit + last half of January to move in...

I am a W2 employee that has owned a single family home rental for over 10 years in the Sacramento area.  I consider myself to be a fairly conservative investor and my strategy to date has been to pour the cash flow fr...

Tax season is in full swing, and for most individual taxpayers, the looming deadline for filing and payment is Monday, April 18, 2022. However, life can get complicated, and if you find yourself needing more time to g...

If you have multiple people fill out an application and pay the fee and you accept the 1st persons application, do you keep 2nd fee or return it?

I had a tenant here in Colorado.  I knew he fell on hard times and filed bankrupcy but did not include rent in that filing.  He said he wanted to stay until lease was up (August) but I felt he was not being straight w...

Im just learing about the whole new world of crowdfunding. I was looking over their past investments and seen they all had realized returns of 18%+. One even had 33.50% realized return. Is that possiable? If so that i...

I own my house, and have two tenants in it. One tenant is a major problem.  Late rent and utilities, smokes a lot of marijuana in his room, loud when we're sleeping, and the list goes on.  I gave him his 45 days notic...

Hi BP, first time blogger. Like a lot people here we are looking for financial freedom. We have always had an interest in buying rental properties to replace our income & to be our retirement income when that time...

I've got questions about deductions we can take on our rental home, which we are renting out for first time, with the tenants set to move in December 30, 2017.  It's my understanding we don't have to pay taxes on the ...