Is it typical for a PM to charge the property owner for rent court filing fees? This fee is added to the tenant's late rent due in the court filing, so if they pay, then I would get the money back. However, if it goes...

A pipe broke in the wall of a rental house. The water went into the wall and into the carpeting in a bedroom. There doesn't seem to be any significant damage at this point, although mold could be a concern later on. S...

I had begun talking about my PM on the other thread, but felt this needed a separate thread/discussion.

My question is, how do you guys choose you're PM? What services do you look for?
When I chose mine, I had cal...

Hello BP,I do not have a student rental in my B&H portfolio and have located a gem property near a campus (walking distance). This property is 1 hour away from my residence and I am debating how easy it is or diff...

If you could borrow 50k for 5 years at 8% simple interest with monthly payments or 50k and 9% compounded annual interest, with no payments until one lump sum at the end of 5 years, which option would you choose and why?

What have people paid in application fees when refinancing in New Jersey? Do most people get a lawyer when refinancing or is it straight forward?

Hello, I am a first time landlord with my first property. My tenant just notified me of this in November and they first started noticing it back in May (eye roll lol). There appears to be a leak but I'm not a very han...

A week or so ago our tenant reported that the basement smelled of gas and they were worried there was a leak. We instructed them to call the emergency line for the gas company and have them come out. They did and the ...

Lesson #2 - Always, always, always get three bids!!The next thing we learned is how tough it was to find good help. Contractors apparently are notoriously unreliable and even when we had one sign a contract to do the ...

I would like to have in-house management eventually but I can’t make the number work.It’s always cheaper for me to hire a property management company unless I’m making $10+ million in revenue or something like that.Ho...