Jim Keegan
Please gave me advise on a vacant house
I am interested in buying house that has a foreclosure notice on the door. I don't know what stage of foreclosure it is in and have never purchased a foreclosure before. This is what I know...1. The house is in Va B...
Farhan M.
Bad Tenant - Evict or renew lease?
Hi.My family is renting a SFH and the lease is up on August 25th. It will be 2 years in AUG that tenant has beeing renting. She is a divorced mother of two and for the 1st year the lease was paid for 1 year and duri...
Frederick Tee
Legal Breaking, Entering, and Squatting?
Hello all,
After exploring BiggerPockets for the larger part of a year, I finally did my first rehab which completed. However, despite all I've learned and numerous situations I've read about prior to delving in, it ...
Anthony Vatsula
Repossessing a Mobile Home in California
I bought a MH for one of my sisters to live in. Turns out she couldn't move into it so I sold it. I took 1K down pmnt and made an agreement with the buyer that if he paid me 11K for the unit total I'd sign over titl...
Ruben Hunter
Tenant wanting out of lease agreement early
I’d like some advice in handling a situation for the first time. Here is the message one of my tenants just sent me “Good Afternoon Ruben,So it has become necessary that we move overseas by beginning of August and wou...
Constantia Petrou
Neighboring tenant refuses to provide her landlord's contact
Hello,I own several properties and I have come up against a rather unusual situation. The fence shared with one of the neighbors needs to be replaced. We are in a class A neighborhood in CA. According to CA good neigh...
David Ferrette
Late Payments by Tenants
For all of the professional property managers out there, if a tenant is often late on rent by a few days but they don't mind paying the late fees, do you threaten them with an eviction or just collect the extra cash? ...
Freeman Schultz
Tenant requesting mailbox access after vacating unit
A work colleague and I were discussing a tenant of theirs that is vacating the unit at the end of the month.The tenant is expecting important mail from overseas that will arrive next month. The tenant is requesting ac...
Jennifer Rysdam
Notice to increase late fees??
Hey everyone! I want to increase my late fees from $25 on the 6th to 8% of rent (MN maximum) on the 3rd. Do I have to give them 30 days notice for that or can I give it now (on the 7th) for next month? Too many people...
Jack B.
$300-$400 below market rent: to raise or not?
Had the same tenant two years now at $1,350 a month. Current market rent is $1,750, so I'm leaving about 5K profit on the table each year...They are for the most part taking care of the place, a few stains on the carp...