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Let’s say that I have completed the needed work on a rental property, and I get the reappraisal and refinance completed. How exactly do I go about getting my initial investment back? During the refinance portion do th...
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I had thought about doing this but wasn't quite sure if it's a legit thing to do? Do people still do this or is it more of a scam? I would like to know the pros and cons please.
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Hello everyone,
I have a property located a little ways outside of the DFW metroplex (east). It is a duplex. I am having problems with a tenant, and their heating/cooling. For context, this duplex was built in 1900 a...
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I've got two vacancies coming up in the next two months and as of right now I don't have any formal written tenant screening criteria. My price range tends to attract a decent number of tenants with bad histories (cri...
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Good morning,I'm a landlord with 1 property. It's a 4 bdrm and rents for $1950/month. I have been paying $135/month to a property management company and as far as I can tell, all they do is collect the rent, keep th...
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TENANTS FROM HELL #3Move outs from hell.Running one of the largest rental portfolios in the Cleveland, Ohio area I have managed 1,000's of properties & dealt with countless tenants. In short, I have seen it all. F...
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We have tenants that signed a renewal notice back in October agreeing to a rent increase and continue their tenancy. Current rental agreement was set to terminate on November 30. New rental agreement was prepared an...
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I've seen a lot of people recommending mandating tenants get rental insurance, but I don't understand why. I'll have insurance on the home to protect myself, but why is it my business if they insure their own property...
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I had a tenant that the lease was signed March 1st 2018 to 2019. last time he paid rent was in August. Come September been calling him in first week. Then he calls that plans to leave because relocation of his job....
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We own a duplex with a DSCR of 1.5 (from what I understand) and about 60% equity. When the pandemic hit we took out an equity line and I pulled all the cash out and put into a savings account out of fear that they wou...