I am looking to buy my first rental property, but live in NYC. Where i know the tenant almost always wins. Trying to cover all angles here, what states near NY are particularly landlord-friendly v tenant friendly ?

I recently had a tenant that decided they want to break their lease and move to another city for treatment. It is kind of a coincidence because the deadline for renewing their lease was July 31st, 2017. The current le...

I’m currently trying to lease up one of my single-family houses and have had several applicants. One potential tenant in particular was very forthright about his intentions for my property. He plans to use his caregiv...

I have a duplex in upstate NY, renting out the upper and living in the lower. We have minimum qualification standards in place and let everyone interested know about them. I know we cannot tell people not to apply for...

I have a tenant that pays on time and keeps place clean.
I also offer him a desirable place to live that is being taken care of.
To me nice tenant is not the one who expects me to subsidize their rent. 
I provide a...

I had the property manager send a friendly reminder, reminding tenants that rent is due on the 1st. Tenant 1, paid no problemo. Now on the other hand the other tenant states, "I get a three day grace period by law!!!"...

Is it safer to own a property free and clear rather than leveraging? If the real estate market crashes again like it did in 2007-2008 aren't people who are leveraging at a risk to loose everything?