First year landlord here.  I just found out that my tenant left the shower running all night while the bath was plugged.  Water overflowed to the floor, causing damage to my unit.  Not only that, this is a unit in a C...

Hello Investors and Landlords of Massachusetts!  I am a first time homeowner and landlord and just bought my first 2-family home in the Greater Boston area (Lynn) and I wanted to ask if any investors or landlords here...

I have a prospective tenant that filled out our application.  Originally, her fiancée and her 3 kids were going to move in.  I told them our process and standards we require for our rental units.  First, they must fil...

Hi - when do most folks hire a CPA?  Before the first purchase, after...after several investments?Also if you are an out of state investor, do you pick a CPA in your home.state?  Does it matter much?  I don't expect o...

As first-time landlords in California, when our "nice" tenant moved out, we didn't think to give a pre-move out inspection. We didn't know we were supposed to. On the morning the tenant moved out, the property was lef...

I never thought I’d be in this position, but here I am. 
So, I have a few rental properties, but the utilities, taxes, and insurance were all triple the amount forecasted. Over this winter, the utilities drained my a...

Hello All, I am looking for advice and help with a problem tenant. His lease is up April 15th but I received an email the other day asking for a "break on rent" since his ex is suing him for "ungodly amounts of money"...

I recently acquired a property with an existing tenant who has been living there for about four years. The tenant was paying rent to the previous owner but hasn't been paying rent for a while since the property was fo...

Renter said it would be her family living in the house. She signed a 2 year lease. On the contract clearly states no sub-lease.
She terminated her lease early at only 9 months out of the 2 year lease.The house was a ...

Hi everyone,I am looking for advice and will try to keep this as brief as possible.We recently purchased a home in San Diego with submitted plans to add to the existing home as usual as build an two car garage and ADU...