Alex Scotte
charging tenants for professional cleaners
I rented an apartment ages ago. When I finished my lease and left, the landlord deducted an amount for professional cleaners from the security deposit, although I did not leave the place excessively filthy. Now, I am ...
Joe Conklin
Water Bill Due Question
I have a rental property where I have my tenants pay the water bill. My township has residents pay the the water bill every quarter and have a question when the tenants owe me they water bill payment.The way I have b...
Beth Quish
Florida Tenant/Landlord breach of lease
If I have it in my lease, can I keep a one month tenant security deposit and responsibility for paying the remaining 2 months owed? I would consider small claims since its about $3800. I dont want to violate a statute...
Ken Rishel
Chattel Lending on Manufactured Homes and SCRA
This is an excerpt from a client report:Many chattel lenders are under the impression that SCRA does not apply to them based on materials published by HUD in which HUD disclaims any authority over the chattel lending ...
Bryce Litwin
Tenant wants to terminate lease early...
Hello All, New Member With A Question,I'm hoping to tap the collective wisdom about our situation. We (myself and spouse) are relatively new to landlording, say between 1-2 years (5+ years if you include renting to f...
Alexander Smith
Tenant installed above-ground pool without permission.
Tenant installed an above-ground pool, which violates the lease. I pay for water and received an outrageous bill. I gave them a 90-days notice a month ago, before this happened.As a side note, they also stopped paying...
Greg Mayer
Unpaid rent from vacating tenants
Hello BP community,
My wife and I purchased a duplex in a B class area about 1.5 yrs ago and inherited 3 adult tenants in one of the two units. This was my 1st property.
I live in one of the duplex units (my wife li...
Jake Valkusky
Can We End a Lease Before the Tenant Moves In
Hi BiggerPockets,We have a tenant that will be moving into one of our properties tomorrow and some things came up that make him not a good fit for our property. If we refund his first, last, and security deposit, can ...
TJ Park
SSN # in Commission Agreement
Hi,I'm in a somewhat interesting position in which I have agreed to a share of the finder's fee / commission agreement, which requires a signature and a social security. I'm uncomfortable giving out my SSN and wanted ...
John Barry
Full year up front payment for rental?
I have a potential tenant who just sold his house and wanted to pay for a full year up front on one of rental properties.
My first instinct is that this sounds great.
What issues should I worry about, if any and wh...