Benjamin Lenz
Why you shouldn't build a Jr. ADU in California
For those of you who live in California, you may think you can "Triplex" your home by tacking on an ADU and Jr. ADU to your existing dwelling. From what I've gathered (at least in my city), the truth is that you CAN d...
Marie Machosky
Emotional Support Animal - Bogus "Documentation"? FHA, ADA, HUD
Hi all,I'm new at this landlord gig and I have a bit of a dilemma. A tenant asked if they could adopt a pet; when I replied with the information regarding deposit and pet rent, I never heard back until I followed up t...
Jason C.
Evicting for discharge of firearm in the house
So we had an incident in one of our duplexes where a guest of the tenant was shot inside the home. I heard about it from the tenant on the other side who was afraid for their own safety, obviously. They have called me...
Account Closed
Legal Questions: Need to evict our roommate in Massachusetts
My Fiance and I own a single family home and rent two upstairs bedrooms out to two roommate/tenants on month-to-month leases. We did not collect security deposits from either tenant, and instead wrote up explicit "mo...
Elford Stephens
Help!!! Tenant moves adult daughter and grandson into 1 bedroom
Hi BP,We are new to property management. We took the leap last February and purchased our first duplex. There are two one bedroom apartments. The downstairs tenant is an elderly lady. Per the previous owner, the ten...
Stacy E.
my first eviction
Hi,I've been doing this for a few years, first just renting out the second bedroom in my condo and now since I moved out of that condo I rent out the whole thing and also bought a house where I'm living and renting ou...
D Higgs
How often are you expecting Property Managers to walkthrough
Let's say you have your property, and everything is going according to plan with your REI. How often do you want your PA doing a walkthrough of your tenant occupied units? Is this allowed? If so, is there a difference...
John Underwood
STR in TN (Pigeon Forge) Asset protection - How to hold deed?
For those of you with STR properties in Pigeon Gorge, Gatlinburg (Tennessee) how do you hold title?
I talked to a TN attorney this morning and he said if you own an LLC there is a $4,000 annual franchise fee and you ...
Robert Carl
Considering Quitting from Baltimore
I statred where I could afford. Which was in SFR's in a C neighborhood. After the school of hard knocks finally have a handle on tenants. My biggest problem the last 2yrs has been Baltimore City government. In Balt...
Craig Lessler
Renting a SFR by the room in Pittsburgh - Is it legal
Does anyone know if The City of Pittsburgh permits a house to be rented by the bedroom in Southside Flats?