I am curious how other Landlords handled "maintenance". And I use the word lightly  because what I am referring to is things such as replacement of light bulbs, changing smoke detector batteries, clogged sinks, etc. W...

My wife, kids and I just moved from central CT to Montgomery NY. I have had success in CT flipping single family homes acting as my own GC and the plan is to continue in this area. So far other than the selling side o...

So a general contractor named, who is on bigger pockets, has left me stranded for 3-4K $. He disconnected his phone, and has even seemed to start another business as he posts on the local Facebook trading post offerin...

So I'm going to be replacing four clogging-prone toilets as I refresh the bathrooms, the first one being over Christmas because one student is leaving after finals and my own kid is actually moving into that room.I've...

I recently purchased a 3 unit building on the Northwest side of Chicago that I also occupy in June 2015. There is a single story addition on the rear of building with a master bed and bath. The addition appears to be ...

I'm considering a text and hand written letters as a new marketing piece for my next DM campaign and doing this in house. Previously I've used a mail house for my postcards so this is new to me. Is there a more sophis...

Hello,
i need some advice on how to handle this tenant issue.
my husband brought this tenant to the rental home in 2016. She's been there with 3 kids since then. My husband died last year, so I've been managing the ...

Owning rental real estate can be rewarding. But it can also be difficult for some investors to juggle all the tasks related to owning and managing a rental property while managing a career, especially if you don't hav...

Besides collecting rents what are the main duties of property managers and what is included into there monthly fees and is there any extra fees that is not covered in the monthly fees

I'm relatively new to landlording and I don't know much about how to screen tenants the right way. I have two houses rented at the moment. One is a recent purchase and we inherited the tenants who are wonderful. The o...