Jon S.
Stainless Steel Appliances?
Stainless steel appliances? Newly renovated triplex. I have dark walnut porcelain tile floors, expresso cabinets, pendant lights, light granite counters, white walls. A couple people have offered their opinion that I ...
Brian Flounders
Vacation rentals and minimum age restrictions?
Hey everyone, Just had a quick question regarding age as a protected class. I am aware that the Fair Housing Act protects from discrimination for housing. You cannot factor someone's age into your rental decision (pr...
Matt Gilroy
Tenant has been smoking inside... can I keep all of the deposit?
Hello BP,I was at my rental house this morning making a repair. The house smells so strongly of cigarettes that I still smell like an ash tray after spending less than 30 minutes inside. The tenant is fully aware th...
Annie Johnson
Airbnbing in Florida
Hello! This post if for my Florida people. I am very interested in diving into Airbnb rentals down in Florida. The one thing I come to find is to do so you pretty much need to find a house because all the HOA associat...
John Collins
Rules regarding mobile home parks near big cities
What is the protocol on this? I imagine you can't take any couple of acre lot of land 20 minutes outside of an expensive market like SF or Miami and start prepping it as a mobile home park? Lot of info about getting t...
Nate S.
Airbnb vs Renting pros and cons?
I've posted in the rehabbing threads about fixing up my house for a rental, but I've been thinking on doing Airbnb for the property as well. Treat it like a hotel but a house, I've read articles people making mor...
Warren Juall
Renting Apartments by Room
Hi All:In October of last year I purchased a 3 family in Shelton, CT. It has 2 single units and a 5br 2bth that is rented by room. Thankfully everything has gone smoothly so far. 4 out of the 5 rooms were filled when ...
Hunter Wilburn
Self managed inspections
As a landlord self managing my property, how often should I inspect the property
Matt Liu
Having a friend stay while house is vacant?
Is it a bad idea to let a friend stay in a house that is newly renovated until there is a tenant? She seems reliable and has minimal furnishings. I would show the house almost everyday to prospective tenants. This ...
Brie Schmidt
Tenant Screening - Thinking outside the box
I wanted to get some new ideas on tenant screening. Obviously I would love to do credit/background checks on all tenants, but in this area it is a C market and not everyone has a SSN to run a check on. So has anyone...