Mindy Jensen
Zeona McIntyre Show 229 - Retirement Through Short Term Rentals
In today's excellent episode of The BiggerPockets Podcast, Zeona McIntyre shares how her investments in short term rentals - some local and some long distance - have provided her with enough income to retire early and...
Stephen Meche
Lease states no pets, but showed up with pets
I have 2 rental properties that are run by a property manager. The first one I purchased in April and the second one in June. Currently they both have tenants. On the lease, it states clearly that the tenant can no...
Lynn McGeein
Anyone else doing refi w new special FHA Streamline?
We are doing the new FHA Streamline refi for homes pre-July 2009 with the .01 funding fee and less monthly MIP. Just wondering if anyone else is having unexpected issues pop up. Already surprised as it was supposed ...
Jenn Doll
NJ landlord - PIA tenants
I would like to hear from other landlords on how they have handled PIA tenants.The tenants moved in only 2 weeks after the lease began as they had time left in their old place. They came down to tour the house before ...
Kate Stallmann
Duplex Deal
Hello BP,I currently own a 2/2 condo in a good 4 season vacation town in NH. This is my primary residence. Since discovering BP I have been thinking (some might say obsessing) about RE as a way to build long term in...
Account Closed
New 'Kidless' Tenants Forged Lease to get their Kids out of LA Protective Services
Young (20ish) couple presented as working 'wife' making 3x the 2-bedroom rent monthly, and non-working ucla grad student 'husband', recently relocated from midwest, and with no children. Employment checked out so I ac...
Tommy Lorden
Water & Plumbing Issues : How Does Your Lease Deal With Them?
I have been getting nickeled and dimed with leaks and clogs. From a prior life in Illinois, I remember we had no problem making all plumbing issues part of the tenant's responsibility in the lease. However, I'm n...
Alyssa Lebetsamer
My First Eviction - does it ever go smoothly?
It looks like I am going to have to evict one of my tenants very soon. fingers crossed a miracle pulls through, but assuming it doesn't....For those of you that have been through this before - do renter's ever receive...
Eric P.
First time filing taxes as a landlord, questions...
Last year I bought my first two rental properties in Michigan. I've been keeping paper receipts in folders all year (gutted and rehabbed them), didn't really have the time earlier to do anything else with them. Now I ...
Sean B.
Gatlinburg TN Rental Cabins
Hey All, Just wanted to bring up a possible idea I have been having to you guys. SO currently me and my father have been looking at putting our cash together and purchase a log cabin in Gatlinburg for a vacation renta...