SF unit with hot water baseboard. Tenant calls saying the oil burner off the kitchen started  smoking up kitchen/dining area. Turned off the furnace and accelerated the furnace cleaning by 1 week. Furnace was fine, ma...

I recently received a frantic phone call from a tenant at 10 pm.  Since she seemed distraught, I called her back and found that there was a rat in her toilet!  At first, my husband told me she would have to handle it ...

Just a quick question out there real quick

I am launching my DMM campaign this week and I am preparing some letters to go out. Before I do, I want to make sure I am not overstepping my bounds in the letter.

I know m...

Hi Everyone,I've been a member of BP for the past six months and have been following a number of the discussions as well as the podcasts. They are very informative and have only strengthened my desire to expand my rea...

We had our offer accepted on our first rental property and after looking up the current tenants, we've got a convicted, registered sexually violent predator against children in this triplex. Repeat offender. Anyone de...

Title says it all... this is in my personal residence but I’ve found BP to be a more credible source for answers than searching the web.

After 2 or 3 showers the water gets cool/lukewarm, not freezing and will stay t...

A friend of mine owns a home that is going into foreclosure. It would appear that when the last appraisal was done, a vacant parcel that she also owns was taken into consideration to reach the appraised value. This ...

I'm 11 months into my first rental (triplex), and so far I've experienced:

-2 evictions (inherited tenants)
-a roach infestation
-thousands of dollars in damage to one unit
-likely more $ in damages to come

Am I det...

Hi everyone,
I’m in a difficult situation regarding a family property and would appreciate some advice on whether filing a suit for partition is best for me. Here’s the background:
Background:
Property Ownership: I...

Situation: My Tenant Stopped Paying and has violated my “ rent to own “ agreement. He is 20 days late, total violation, contract is now void. I have to evict as he said “ I do not have any funds to pay that rent “ - I...