Hi everyone!
I am a new member of the BP community and am under contract on my first rental property in Lakewood, Ohio. I'm starting out with no experience in home improvement projects and don't really have a good un...

So I'm looking to buy a duplex to house hack. Only problem is, everything in my area is already occupied. If I were to purchase the property, are the current tenants required to vacate? What are the laws regarding thi...

My property here in Milwaukee has an interesting situation. I inherited two tenants living downstairs who have been smoking in the unit. The smell is totally overwhelming even with the HVAC upgrades. I re-read the lea...

Recently a perspective tenant found a loophole in my lease after it was signed. It states that the deposit will be "paid before move in" To this effect the tenant could pay the day before move in leaving me waiting we...

I've heard stories about people blowing out their budgets because of codes related to things like window size/height in bedrooms, electrical and plumbing stuff, even things like having to expand the waste lines when a...

Suppose I own a single-family rental property and the long-term (8 year) tenant vacates.  I want to move into the property to complete extensive repairs/maintenance in anticipation of a sale.  The intent would be to d...

Hi there - I'm currently analyzing a 4 family and each tenant is on a month-to-month (not uncommon in my area, following the initial 1-year lease term). I'm told by the owner that we likely won't be able to get into o...

I purchased a vacant lot in a HOA located in South Florida five years ago. Before or after I purchased it, I never signed any agreement at all with the HOA. At the closing for the bank loan, I paid $228 for the yearl...

Hey guys, rookie investor here. I'm looking for my first investment property and several properties I've looked at come with a tenant in place. I'd like to know what the seller is obligated to disclose about the tenan...

We are going to be putting another rental on the market soon in the Capital Region. I read a lot of different posts about how to handle laundry and lawn care but I was wondering what was standard in this area. The hou...