I am just finishing renovation of a triplex near a college and am beginning to list it and take tenant applications. College students are the most obvious market. Two college students looked at it today, and decided t...

I went to do a bid for a deal , cash deal, and the realtor ask for ernest funds to secure deal ...how can I go around ernest money without ruining my chances of defaulting on deal??? Help??

Hi, this is my first post on BP. I'm glad to have found such a fantastic community of people! I hope I can not only learn a lot here, but also give back at least a little bit from the experiences that I've had over th...

I have a 2 properties for sale, see market place.  I have gotten 4 phone calls this week from people who want to lease my property with an option and sub-let it?  None of them are local or know the area.  They said th...

Hello! My husband and I are set to close on 17 units tomorrow. I've been after them for the longest time to send me copies of leases and contact info for the tenants. I just received leases today, and most of them are...

Hello Everyone, Recently in one of my STR homes, the tenants cause major destruction to the property.  It looks like they rented it for 2 days and went wild.  Holes in walls, broken bathtubs, smoking weeds in the hous...

Hello,Would like to ask for opinion/advise how to deal with the tenant's requests upon moving out to return the security deposit and half of the paid rent for the last month. Please read the correspondence below betwe...

Looking for any advice. The good, the bad and the ugly. I have a family in one of my long term rentals. In early December last year, one of their children had a medical emergency in the house and had to go to the hosp...

I am a landlord in the Baltimore city Maryland. I am suffering from a tenant inherited from my recent property. Here's some timeline of the story...
- 05/25: I purchase my first property in the Baltimore City with an...

I typically always do 1 year leases but I had recently agreed to rent my unit on a month-to-month basis to someone starting 6-1 while they had a new home constructed estimating that it would close sometime later this ...