Seems like many of you here advocate presenting yourself as the "property manager" rather than the "owner" of properties that you self manage. I'd like to begin doing that... for those who do so, what is your prim...

Hello,
This is on my primary residence that I'm getting ready to put on the market in the spring.

So I used this guy to paint my garage over the summer and he was great. Did what he said he would communicated great ...

Hello All,As I continue to deal with a difficult retail tenant in our family’s retail center, I wanted to get some input from the community as to what route, you as a landlord would take.Details:Property Type: RetailC...

With the recent article claiming 62% of Americans have less than $1000 in savings, how viable is a business that relies on people to pay monthly rents. If for the sake of this question we divide prospective tenants...

Hi everyone! I'm from Michigan. There is a rental we have in metro Detroit area that has deadbeat tenant. She had been a problem from day one. Rent stopped in April but the request for repairs didn't. She requested me...

Hello BiggerPockets community,I was referred to this community by a local real estate investor in Colorado. I am moving in about 6 months from Colorado Springs to New York for work purposes. I currently own a property...

Hey guys,I've been self-managing for 5 or so years now but recently turned over the PM on a couple properties to a local property management in town. I'm so use to being involved in the day-to-day business of the prop...

I have three listings and several more in process, so selfishly, I wanted to start a thread where we comment on off the shelf software tools and best practices for managing listings when you have several or many.  Let...

I have a tenant (2 adults, 2 children, 1 dog and 1 car). So they have been living in this 3 bedroom 1 bath home for exactly one year. 2 weeks ago the tenant texted me saying they want to renew the lease for another ye...

Hello everyone, I have recently been doing some research in the area of buying homes directly from home owners that are motivated to sell their homes for various reasons. I understand the theoretical process well in t...