Winona Wyatt
Listing Site for Rentals
Hi there landlords,Question for you. I'm planning on starting a local listing site (local to start, and hopefully getting it to grow). I have an idea taking formation on how things will go, but I figured it would be a...
Brandon Obrien
Management co. no contact agreement
I'm trying to choose a rental management company for my first investment property. I was told by one company that they have a requirement that the owner cannot contact the tenant. Its seems odd first to give up the a...
Susie Bright
Tenants “Move Out” without Letting Us know
Hello everybody. My brother and I have a rental home in Los Angeles, CA we inherited from our parents. We had told my tenants first, a young family of one child who had been there for over 7 years, that the home was g...
Brian Davis
Properly Screening Tenants
Hello,I am newer to biggerpockets and still looking to do my first investment. Rates are just so high right now that it is making it difficult to pull the trigger on anything. I actually do background screening and ...
Meghan Cheek
New York tenant screening
Hello all!
I'm looking to fill a vacancy and would love to use an online platform like cozy or mysmartmove for applications and screening. However, with the new laws passed in NY limiting application fees to $20 and...
Gillian C.
Chicago: Rules on tenants who are MTM after expired lease
Hi Chicago folks. Could you shed light on the following scenario:
- Tenant on a year-long lease that ended August.
- Tenant continued to pay rent September and November.
- No new lease was signed.Two questions (on...
Anna Milligan
Renter's Insurance Liability and "additional insured"
Our insurance guy is telling us that we should have a requirement in our lease that the renter have renter’s insurance for $500k liability. He said most policies are at $300k, but it’s only an extra $10/yr to bump up...
Eleanor Graves
Eviction Process is More Chaotic with My Property Manager
Hello Bigger Pockets, thanks for being here. I recently finished a rehab in Baltimore City, found a property management company (that came recommended on a BP post), had my first tenant move in, who paid the first mon...
Nitanga Jean De Dieu
Commmercial or Residential real estate, which is most effected?
Just came across the article below. The Cheesecake Factory Tells Landlords Across the Country It Won’t Be Able to Pay Rent on April 1. Will commercial real estate be drastically effected? What are your thoughts. https...
John Sanderson
Customer Service as a Standard
All too often I get the feeling that most here on Bigger Pockets operate under the terms "It's my way, or the highway". What most, in my opinion, fail to realize is that as a property owner, you are providing a servic...