I've got a home up for rent (our first rental property) and several approved applicants (verified previous landlord, employment, credit check, background check, copy of driver's license, pay stubs,FB stalked, etc.)...

The tenant emailed us over the weekend that they cannot get the thermostat unlocked. Is it our responsibility as the landlord to send out an HVAC tech just to unlock their thermostat?Or is it the tenants responsibilit...

More markets are creating "Good Cause Eviction" laws designed to protect tenants from unfair evictions. Essentially, the landlord can only evict if the tenant violates specific requirements.What do you think? Are they...

I'm evicting a holdover tenant in California and running into issues/concerns with CA Civil Code 1962 (and amended by AB 1953). The law requires that new owners (successors in interest) notify a tenant of new owne...

I need some advice on insurance. I have been using Allstate for years and have a couple of issues/questions. A new limit has been placed by Allstate and they won't write more than 4 LL policies per insured. I am gr...

Hey BP...have a question hoping you can help me out.I'm just starting out in REI, and working on the plan to buy my first investment property. After researching potential strategies, I am focusing against commercial, ...

Would you rent to a prospective tenant who has a history of late payments?  From the landlord reference, I discovered that he made 3 late payments in the past year.  Each late payment was collected within 1-3 days (af...

I have researched this topic and just need a little further verification from more experienced professionals than myself. I will be renting out my first property. When I receive the security deposit I understand that ...

A buddy of mine who owns a few investment properties said to me recently he's had heaps of people enquiring with him about "corporate lease contracts" on his long-term rental listed on Zillow. This made us wonder if "...

So right now I work in the back office of a bank, financial processing. Pretty boring, all day I'm buried in excel. Very unexciting. Every day is the same. I feel like a drone, very little decision making. It's cushy ...