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I would love to hear from the BP community what they believe are best practices of being a landlord? We are in the process of updating our documentation and procedures, and I want to make sure we are not missing anyth...
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I am curious how other investors would handle this situation.One of my renters car caught on fire in the driveway of a duplex. The car burnt completely up down to the frame! There was some damage to my property. I...
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Need some advice -Rental property in Madison WI, lease August 2019 to August 2020. Tenant lost employment and informed me of difficulty paying rent starting in March. He offered to move out to a smaller/cheaper place ...
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I told the prospective tenant I was going to complete a background check and she said it should be clean. Background check came back with 15 collections (including from apartment complexes.) When I told the prospecti...
Currently I have a tenant who was 18 days late with rent this month and was wondering what other's opinions are on renewing a lease with such a tenant. The tenant had been late on two other occasions, but both were in...
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Hello
Any landlords worried about a tenant writing a bad check on move in day/ lease signing and giving them the keys and worried about the check clearing? Check is for at least $1500-2500 always and I was wo...
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Hi all! I posted in another forum but wanted to double up to ensure I can get some feedback. I recently purchased a duplex in PA. We decided to give a 30 day notice to one of the residents as we’d like to renovate the...
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Is there an industry standard for serving a notice on a "non-monetary default" in a hard money loan? A private hard money lender and I have agreed to business terms on a loan, and our attorneys are on opposite sides w...
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They just passed background and credit report today. When should o have them sign the lease and cut the check for the deposit and first month's rent?
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I am reviewing applicants for a property and am wondering how to tell if a pay stub is real or not. The applicants are claiming that they are transferring from IL to TN and the company is not real friendly with verif...