While replying to another thread about family size, I was reminded of two separate incidents regarding size of another nature.The first was a few years ago when I showed a vacant 2BR/1BA house to woman who had called ...

UsaToday had an article the other day on social changes in our country.
The % of babies born to single moms has risen about 1% per year each of the last 5 years. It now stands at over 45% of babies born. My guess...

A few years ago if a tenant owed you rent or damaged your property you could enter the premises and “hold” certain items. It’s an old law I believe but was still could be used. It’s so old you couldn’t take their goat...

I've got two vacancies coming up in the next two months and as of right now I don't have any formal written tenant screening criteria. My price range tends to attract a decent number of tenants with bad histories (cri...

Hello everyone,I see something pop up all the time when talking about allowing pets on your property. Someone always says "Except if it's a pitbull, keep those away"Now I understand that "dangerous breeds" can bring h...

I cannot count how many times I've seen a post on BP from someone young-ish saying how they just want to quit college (or their job) and "jump" into Real Estate. When I see these posts my brain immediately chuckles (n...

Most of my applicants and renters have been great, but I've had a couple of guys that have tried to get me to bend my rules, and just generally been unpleasant.  I suspect they wouldn't act the same way if I was a man...

Just finishing my open house with another list of prospective tenants I had received from Zillow... I have a few questions for my fellow city investors... - What has helped you find the most quality/qualified tenants?...

They gave notice of move out end of March. I've had two showings in about 1.5 weeks. Usually I do an open house in summers but it's slim pickings and waiting for enough people to justify an open house is not feasible,...