Hello all. Wondering if anyone has any experience with Washington State RCW 59.18.100. The law seems to allow tenants to deduct maintenance costs from their monthly rent payment if a landlord fails to perform required...
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Hello,I am running into something right now that I didn't think I would have to deal with. Each of our leases indicate that the property owner must be listed as additional insured. Some insurance companies do not allo...
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I have a tenant who is always 2-3 weeks late in her rent. It is more of an habbit than hardship. Her lease still has 8 months in it. What are my rights to serve her notice to move out or i have to live with it until e...
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New tenant in for three weeks already has 3 cats and cat damage. I posted a lease violation, they say the cats are gone. Don't know what should be done about the damage/horrible odor.2nd tenant with no pet policy ha...
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Greetings BP Self-Storage gurus,I'm a 5 year active multi-family investor and landlord but am closing on my first self-storage in about 30 days. I picked it up for a song when looking for commercial as my bandwidth m...
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I'm looking into buying a portfolio of duplexes and when I asked what the PM fee was, the owner told me that the PM keeps the security deposits as her compensation instead of charging him a monthly fee. He also said s...
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HelloWe are in the process of trying to lease out our second SFH rental property. We have previously had a firm no pet policy. However, we are seeing a lot of interested individuals asking about allowing pets. Our ...
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I have a property that I’m thinking about renting to somebody that wants to Airbnb the property.It is a 3 bedroom 1 bath house that is basically rental grade condition but is in a super location 5 minutes from Mass A...
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What are everyone's thoughts on whether to charge an application fee for rental houses? Do you collect a bunch of applications and only run the background and credit check on your top candidate with you paying the bi...
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Obviously the answer is no, right? Here is the background:I have 2 really great, low maintenance tenants in my rental house. They don't have a record, pay on time, have steady jobs, etc. They have been living in the h...