Owning rental property is a business. Generally speaking, revenue is earned through rent payments from a tenant. Having an empty space, whether it be an apartment unit or a single family rental, is considered a vacanc...

Howdy,I have a small portfolio of rental properties that I rent out on a "per bedroom" basis. I'm not clear on how the FHA applies to this type of rental. Because my business model means that I'm choosing roommates fo...

Hi all - could use some guidance here. Georgia M2M rental - just served tenant a 60-day (GA law) M2M Lease Termination notice (tenant had been paying partial rent late; not communicating; not helping out with rent ass...

I have a tenant that asked if he could pay his rent partially per week and it would be paid off by the end of the 4th week. This has continued for 3 months now and it is a fight every single Friday when he is suppose...

I have had a loyal tenant (tenant A) of 17 years who rents one of the rooms of my rental house. She had not given me any issues until now and it involves usage of the washer and dryer. Tenant A doesn't get along with ...

Hey BP,I am completing my first deal and I am planning on managing the property myself. Can anyone give me suggestions for managing? I was trying to find property management software but don't know what to go with. Ho...

My wife and I have been renting a house for the past nine months. The landlord bought the house new in 2005, lived in it a few months and due to a job transfer needed to rent it out. Now the landlord has moved back to...

So last September, I let a guy that was an old friend that was desperate and needed a place to stay move into my basement for $250 a month cash until he got on his feet very soon. Long story short it’s now the end of ...

I'm a landlord and property manager.  Have pretty good luck with my tenants, but one property we manage have a tenant that let lease lapse, didn't communicate, so we had to evict.  Got judgement last week for final ev...

I sometimes have to give tenants, what I call an "attitude adjustment".Below is an email that I sent to a tenant.  In her email, she talked about invoicing me for when she had to talk to the utility company.  I sent t...