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Hello BP,
One of my renters is becoming more and more of a total thorn. I made a huge mistake giving them my cell phone number too. Texts every night about little small issues. For instance, she texted me tonight as...
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One of my tenants signed a year lease and she agreed to pay a little more in rent since she had a cat. A few months into the lease, she notified me that her cat died. Am I obligated to lower the rent since she no long...
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So I've already started on a road that I don't know how to navigate. Searched and read as much as I could but unfortunately am under a time constraint. Was referred to BP as a great community for RE discussing ideas...
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So I grew up in Southern California, Los Angeles specifically and the more that I look around this forum and do some research for myself, I'm seeing incredibly cheap rental investment listings that are actually making...
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I recently had a mold investigator take air samples from some bedrooms a tenant was complaining about. The results showed that there was an elevated presence of allergenic molds. No black molds. The levels that were...
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Hi everyoneThis is my first post, so I hope that it's in the right place!My wife and I are buying a duplex, to live in one side and rent out the other side. This will be our first home, and in a few years we plan on m...
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If you saw my post last month I recently inherited a 60 unit apartment complex that I am now self managing..ok.. so here in baltimore it is june and temps are running about 85 degrees during the day and goes down t...
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I received a text message this morning from my tenant saying that over the weekend he replaced the kitchen faucet. On one side it is nice he is taking care, BUT I am worried about falling into a game of repairs and m...
I've heard a few tips about excluding certain appliances, putting language in the lease related to maintenance calls, or being really choosey about tenants in the first place. What strategies have you had the most suc...
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I found tenants for a house one of my owners recently bought. It included washer/dryer and central A/C. The previous owner moved out, and he took the washer, dryer, and central A/C with him. The owner is apparently...