Hi BP.  I'm looking at a medical & legal office building for a commercial purchase.  A value add I can see is to have the tenants pay for the utilities which would be a great increase in income and almost creating...

Hi all. In need of some guidance. One of my rental properties recently had the AC stolen and I'm torn on whether I should file a claim or pay out of pocket? I have a handy man who can replace it for approximately $150...

Greetings,My wife and I just got rid of our first (inherited) tenants, thankfully (we did a non-renewal of their month-to-month lease). However, they were on a nonsmoking lease (with the prior owner as well as the new...

Wondering if any landlord/property manager out there has had luck getting tenants to pay solely online versus dropping rent payments off in office/mailing payments. Our company is trying to minimize the amount of rent...

I have a website on Investor carrot and our email services on Yahoo. We now wish to switch from Yahoo to Google with our email but keep our website on Carrot.I was talking with the service rep on Yahoo before I realiz...

Would anyone be able to recommend a good property management company that operates in Cleveland, OH (Cleveland Heights to be specific)? I am an out of state investor and I have a SFH and a Triplex. In February I switc...

I have a great tenant since December. Since then she has payed on time and as of now she is payed up till June. She has asked me if I would be willing to accept her friend who's getting out of prison next year as tena...

I'm revising my lease for signing with the first tenant in house #2, so this is a small-timer's question.  Does the security system alarm call your tenant's phone or yours?I've had a basic security system installed, a...

I am purchasing a property with tenants in place.  Most of them are on month-to-month arrangements and have dinosaur lease agreements so I plan to renew with my lease agreement.  One thing I was conisering doing was u...

I have a tenant in Portland, OR in a house that needs the carpet restretched. During restretching, we may need to move some of the tenant’s furniture, though we will work around it if we can. This tenant has a 9-month...