Austin Purnell
How long to wait until you file for eviction??
Fellow Landlords,
The tenants of my rental property are currently 12 days late on July’s rent. I have made many many attempts to collect and even suggested that setting up and online pay would make things easier (I ...
Dana R.
Tenant scheduled a repair without notifying me first
I have a tenant who emailed me at my work e-mail account on Christmas about a leaking garbage disposal that didn't seem to work anymore and that they had scheduled Roto Rooter to come fix it. Normally, I know that a l...
Ashley Sommer
Can I request prospective tenant complete application before showing unit?
Hi,
I've read the BP tenant screening guide but I still have a question I cannot find the answer to. I'm am soon to close on my first duplex (in which I will be living in one of the units). I have started to...
Gabriel Harper
Start a property management company which guarantees rent?
Hey folks,
I'm a landlord with four properties, and have had bad experiences with property managers. I'm thinking of starting a property management company with "skin in the game". My idea is to sign multi-year lease...
Grace Esteban
Do You Give Gifts to Your Tenants
In the spirit of holiday gift-giving. How many of you here give gifts to your tenants and why? TIA
Shane R Smith
Security deposit interest owed?!
Calling all Ohio landlords @ben, or someone that read legal jargon better!I have a tenant that's claiming the we owe interest on the security deposit. It's referenced in the Ohio code.5321.16 Procedures for security d...
Nicho Pruett
Tenant pours bag of quick cement in toilet
A friend of mine had a disgruntled tenant who they were about to evict. The tenant poured a bag of quick cement in the toilet and has destroyed the system. Is there any kind of insurance that could have been purchased...
Brenda Budzinski
Tenant runs a daycare from rental property.
I have a potential tenant, single mother who plans to run her daycare business at our rental property. She has up to 5 children on any given day all under the age of 4yrs old. What are the pros vs. cons?
Filipe Pereira
Satellite Installers SUCK!
I recently purchased this house. There are cable and phone lines running EVERYWHERE....it's like a spider web, but all over the place...What can I do to fix this? Can I "force" the installer to come out and do it prop...
John Boire
WA Tenants Protected from Discrimination BasedOn Source of Income
I live in Washington State which is very tenant friendly. I have read and used The Book on Managing Rental Properties as a reference and have always approached the Section 8 question from potential tenants with "inco...