Stacy C. S.
Utilities under my name or tenant's name
Hello! I rented out my house for one year and definitely had a lot of learnings with managing the property on my own.One of the after-effects of the tenant moving out of the house was that her gas bill was not paid fo...
J. Martin
Help on advancing my landlord systems
I recently listened to the audiobook, "Work the System," recommended by @Andy Kaufman at our last meetup, and it gave me some great ideas about setting up more well-defined and documented processes and systems ...
Katrina Cabral
Squatters in Hawaii - Can you move in with them?
I found an awesome condo in Hawaii. Seemed too good to be true. Now I’m worried that the tenants may be squatters. I was planning to make this my primary residence so don’t know any of the tenant laws in the state. Wo...
Kyle Lecy
Switching Utilities to Tenant
How does everyone ensure that utilities, electric, water, etc, are switched to the tenant upon move in? Providing a slip showing they've contacted the companies or do you call the utility company the day of to make su...
Sam Eknoian
Tenate not paying.....help!
I’m purchasing a 4 plex in Fresno county, offer was accepted today. With that being said,I received a profit and loss on the property and noticed one estoppel showing one tenate hasn’t paid since April. Can I legally ...
Jack Yen
post closing issue with appliance disappearing
Hi BP experts,
I closed my first long-distance real estate property in Memphis on Sept 27th Friday. We did a walkthrough and all seems fine, appliances were there. For some reason, my real estate agent told me she go...
Tim Silvers
TENANTS & TRUSTEE SALE INVESTING
As most of us saavy investors and landlords know, a foreclosure no longer wipes out a lease.
Keeping in mind the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act that was signed into effect in 2009 which, assuming the lease was...
Jesse P.
Tenant disputing security deposit refund
This is my first experience as a landlord, and what a headache this one tenant has been.
When the lease with a pair of tenants renting our condo lapsed, they never informed me that they desired an initial ins...
Clint G.
Easy locks to re-key yourself?
I'm trying to have to avoid paying a locksmith every time a tenant moves to re-key the locks. Which locks do you guys use that you can re-key easily yourself? Thanks!!
Joe C.
Tenant changed locks without permission
Current tenant changed the front door lock without permission. This was discovered today by property manager,. Tenant said that the front door handle broke so she took it upon herself to change the lock but made no me...