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Just signed a new tenant. She toured the home and then requested an application to rent it. We met with her at the home to sign the lease which was executed. For some context, the home is more of a summer cabin and th...
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So... I posted here about a year ago, but I don't expect anyone to remember that. I have been a live in landlord, renting two rooms in my house, for over a year.
My mother owns the house, technically, so she ...
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Hi - we bought a 2 bed condo last year from Fannie Mae and subsequently rented it to a young couple with a baby. We understand the previous owner (before Fannie foreclosed it) had died in the unit a couple of years ag...
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I’m a first-time landlord (just signed my first fully-occupied LTR in Jan 2025) and have already run into my first potential tenant issue. I have two long-term tenants in the duplex—one for 5 years and the other for 7...
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Okay, I think I found a great potential property and I did the research and established the owners. The home looks to be vacant, the grass hasn't been cut for weeks and it looks to be about 2 feet high at this point. ...
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How was my Sunday you ask??I currently have a flip or rent property in Philly (whichever comes first) My agent goes by this morning and lockbox is gone. He calls me and asks if I’ve been down there since I am from NYC...
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2900 Square Foot Home that has been recently renovated in a not so bad neiborhood for 50k. So anyway I am in there by myself touring the property at night time... I open the kitchen cabinet and.......... a family of d...
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Hi all. Last week after a heavy downpour in SoCal tenant notified me that there were dripping leaks in two bedrooms. Above these two bedrooms are a sloped roof and a roof top deck. There were two small areas of mildew...
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I received a phone call from a tenant who is moving out at the end of the month saying the recent plumber I sent out to the property has stolen his tools. I highly doubt the plumber is guilty of this acquisition, how...
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Fellow investors,I expect this topic has been discussed ad nauseam on here but I thought I would share my tale of woe anyway to help others avoid making the same mistakes I did. In August of last year I came across a...