I have looked at many properties where the tenants cook with oils and grease.  I have passed many of these properties up because of the smell, the cost of cleaning walls and cabinetry and the damage that has occurred ...

I just had a new tenant move in (2b/2ba townhome, modest quality). They were far and above the best candidates but are only signed for 1 year as they just moved to my area for school and they want to maintain some fle...

I invested in tax liens in a Louisiana parish two years ago, and today I received a certified letter from an attorney representing the city.   The letter indicated that the property is "unsafe and dangerous under the ...

I own a ski condo in Colorado, which generally breaks even as a
rental or cashflows a little, but is more for family skiing than anything else. That said I
think it’s more advantageous to sell and invest in anothe...

I recently contracted a landscaping company to do a complete overhaul at my rental. Today, the tenant contacts me unhappy that they were using Round-Up as it contains glyphosate. Trying to reassure her, I sent her lin...

So My wife and I live in NH and just closed on our first multi family. One of our tenants is for lack of better words, a hoarder and the unit is not clean at all and filled with stuff. Not to mention they have been sm...

My tenant has a boat in the yard. This is a single family residence. It has a smallish driveway (1.5 cars deep) and smallish yard. The boat (which is not covered) is at the far back of the driveway but since the yard ...

It is not part of my business plan and nor do I plan on doing it.  That said, there must be someone out there making it a business out of renting to those with evictions.  I am constantly seeing people on craigslist o...

Hi BiggerPockets members,I am new to BiggerPockets, so I want to start out by saying hello! I am located in the Bay Area and thinking of buying my first investment rental property. I have a budget around 600k, and wit...

Hi BP members,  I have a tenant that has called me to report what  he believes  to be  a mold issue that is causing him to be sick.  Now I have checked the plumbing and  found no issues and I normally am pretty dil...