A little over 15 years ago, in the late spring of 2009, I was a brand spanking new real estate agent coming off of a miserably failed real estate investment venture. I was also a catering server, restaurant server, an...

So I had new tenants move in the last week of July. They paid their first week of rent of rent upon move in (first mistake I should have requested the entire month of August at that time!). Then, August 1 comes, no r...

My wife and I purchased our first rental in August of last year, and suffice it to say this has been quite the learning experience with many newbie investor mistakes made along the way. Right now we are dealing wit...

Would love to hear your experience and advice on showing a rental property while current tenants are still occupying it?  During any visit that I have had over the past year, the place has been fairly clean.  It is a ...

I have a 2 unit under contract, the current owner told me tonight that the current tenants are month to month, but never signed a lease or gave security deposits. They haven't been late on any payments, but they are e...

Hey All--Thanks in advance for the help, sorry I'm longwinded!  I have a duplex where one side is larger (4 bed/2ba) than the other (2 bed/1ba).I had some fairly new tenants move into the larger unit in Sept. last yea...

Hi BP family, I have a couple probate questions for you (I'm in California, near Sacramento). This is the process as I understand it so far:-go to the courthouse and compile your probate list-direct mail campaign-when...

I have a tenant that was in property when I aquired it. He has been nothing but a headache for my neighbors and the police, despite him always paying rent on time. At the moment, he is apparently in jail for theft in ...

I have an inherited tenant who refuses to sign a lease starts altercations with his neighbors and when we try to raise his rent flat looked at us and said no I'm not going to pay that. He says there's some maintenance...

We've just got a triplex. My family and I are living in 1 unit, and we inherited month-to-month tenants in the other 2 units. They've been renting here for 7 years or so, no trouble. Their rent is very low  - they are...