Tony H.
Review Renewal Lease with Current Tenant over the Phone
Hi BP!Some of you may have already know, I just recently close a duplex that came with a tenant (the other unit is empty, thank goodness!).Anyhow, the current tenant is on M2M lease. They have paid their July rent, an...
Mark Campbell
Tenant Wants to Move In Before Lease Start Date
Hello, everyone I am a new landlord and encountering my first issue. Soon I'll be moving out of the first house I purchased and I'm converting it to a rental property. I signed a lease with a tenant and they will mo...
Steve DellaPelle
Need Help With Potential Renters - BF Not on Lease
Hello,I finally finished up renovations and I have an interested family for my 2 BR/1 BA apartment. The interested family is a couple (not married) w/ 2 children and 2 dogs. The only one applying and asking to be on t...
Joe Taylor
Treatment of Remodel Costs After Leased on New Acquisition
Good morning all... I purchased a residential property for a long term corporate client in November 2017. The client asked for some remodel work to be done and expects to move in on March 1 2018. It's pretty signifi...
VAL A.
Need Rent Collections Company-- Back Rent & Broken Lease
Tenant moved out 11/1/17. Owed back rent and lease was through 4/30/18. Severe damage to property, destroyed appliances, etc. Owes $8,000+ No forwarding add. Final letter sent to tenant in Nov 2017 certified mail...
Sarah Young
Would you renew a lease on a disrespectful tenant?
She has been there a year and a half and on multiple occasions has been demanding and rude to me. She’s also a former lawyer for the FBI. She is very demanding, and kind of high-maintenance. But she always pays her re...
Nick W.
Seeking advice for overlapping leases and early move in
I am the tenant who just moved into a property yesterday night (July 27th in Maryland). We signed a year lease for July '18 - July '19. We paid for the full month of July and security deposit. We were going to move in...
Craig Robinson
Tenants refuse to leave when the lease is up
Hello, I have a question that pertains to a rental property that my parents own. They rent section 8 to a family who refused to leave when the lease was up last summer. The tenants do not pay their (small) portion of ...
Dawn Vought
Looking For Kansas City, MO Lease-Up Realtor Recommendations
Just heard from my regular lease-up realtor that has been leasing up my properties for a few years that he may be "too busy" to lease up the house where my tenant just gave notice. (Believe he has moved on to doing m...
Tony C.
Bought REO with existing occupants who created fraudulent lease
Hi BP,I recently purchased a REO property in Georgia. The occupants who are currently living there I suspect are squatters. I've seen the house and it's a total mess. Police have frequented the property on many occasi...