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Working full-time AND Being a landlord?
Hey BP community, got something on my mind. When I first got my property, I decided to let it be managed by the on-site PM company (who is also the HOA, is that common?) Anyway, I had a horrible experience - horri...
Hud Hudson
Tenant Wants Ex-Wife to Move In
My tenant has asked to move his ex-wife in. She will not qualify as a tenant due to the terms and conditions of my screening and application criteria, primarily because she is unemployed. I have told him that all oc...
Donald Francis Reese Jr.
Need advice one tenant situation
I recently fired renter's warehouse as my PM company and when they finally turned over all of the documents i requested I found a host of things missing. My mistake early on was not double checking behind the PM compa...
Nadia Hale
Water softener request by tenant
Hello We have a new tenant on our first ever rental property and they’re are requesting adding a water softener citing hardness? Should we agree? Should we say no? I’m afraid if we agree or negotiate they may ask for ...
Chris Houghtaling
I rent a house in foreclosure, landlord is abusive, evasive. see
I live here in Homestead Fl a 3/2 1900 Sq ft.I began renting this home on 7/01/2015. with a standard written yearly lease. I was never told the house had been in foreclosure since 11/01/2014. In fact on day of origina...
Jack Tucker
What are your best "Special Stipulations" for leases?
Over the years of landlording and owning property in a college town, I have noticed that my Special Stipulations section in my leases have taken on some strange phrases and warnings to new tenants. It seems that e...
Matt M.
How many of you are strict with the 3x rent/salary?
Hi all,I have just begun to try and stick with the 3x rent salary. Do you ever stray? I have a nice single mom applicant, works 30-35 hours/week at $17 hour, gets $400 month in child support and still isn’t close to 3...
Sierra Fox
Tenant Gets a puppy against landlords permission
Hello,
My tenant signed the pet agreement (addendum to rental agreement) prior to getting a puppy without my knowledge. I just found out she got a puppy after signing the document and not asking for permission. Wh...
Shawn Connors
Advice with renegotiating a price
Hey BP,
So I have a house under contract. Originally the seller said she would not go any lower than 75k. I talked her down to 42k. My situation is this- the price is a little too high for the area and I can't fin...
Kevin Janssen
Online Rent Collection
With the Corona Virus pandemic going around I'm curious how many of you collect rent via online methods. I am a relatively small owner of a 4 unit & a 2 unit that I manage myself so I don't have the scale to buil...