I have a SFR in Austin, TX leased to a woman who is 60 years old and disabled. Her father is financially responsible for the lease. He called yesterday, mentioned 2 break-ins on the same street and said both houses ha...

Buying a duplex and the previous tenants on one side let their cats destroy the place. Very strong smell of cat urine. Place is covered in carpet. I'm expecting the replace everything including subfloor in 1000 sq fee...

Hi everyone!An interested tenant wants to lease our furnished home. 3 dogs and 4th is an ESA. Based on experience, we usually have 1 dog/family or tenant. How much is a reasonable non refundable pet fee? Usually we ch...

I had a quick turnover between tenants this week. The tenants that moved out had two dogs. They have been model tenants, and left the home seemingly very clean. However, I had the carpets professionally cleaned ...

This is my first post so please go easy on me. Bit of a back story, we have been living in a duplex and house hack it for around 3 years now. The whole time we have been house hacking, we have had the same tenants. Th...

I love pets but have yet to see them improve the value of my properties. Are you charging "pet rent" on your rentals? I'm pretty easy going about accepting pets but try to charge $25-$40 per month for each pet. In ...

I went to a friends rental , he just kicked the tenants out . A block waterfront house , that was well maintained over the years .  All the houses around it are $ 600 K to $ 1 million .  The tenants were there for 2 m...

The tenant at my property has lived in the residence for 1 month now.  The known occupants of the house is 2 adults (Mother & Daughter) and 2 children (Daughter's children)  Last week, I did a 30 day walk through....

My rental has a no-pet policy. Mainly because the septic field of the house was just repaired and its all dirt, an animal can really destroy it fast. Its seriously costly and if its destroyed now I really wouldn't hav...

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $200,000

Cash invested: $6,000

First rental property purchased with value add potential; bathroom and bedroom addit...