So I am in the process of evicting a problem tenant. Lease expired and I don't want to renew, and he owes rent. Served him with a 3-day Pay-or-Quit. Sent petition to court and am now awaiting a hearing date. Today...

Hi All!  I am new to BP and getting a crash course on being a landlord.  Please let me know your thoughts!After living in our home for 20 years in NJ, we decided to move to FL and rent out our NJ home last summer.  Th...

My wife and I have been doing a little mind trick that has been working very well. We pick 3 things we need to do the next day and right before bed, we close our eyes and visualize ourselves doing whatever it is that ...

Looking to finalize my residential lease application and was just curious - do you have a favorite question(s) to ask tenant applicants? Either in the pre-screening, phone stage or at any stage for that matter.  This ...

How can a landlord get away with saying you have drug activity simply because you have a few friends who visit?My landlord approached me earlier today and said to me that she had gotten complaints of "drug activity" ...

I've been building some tiny homes the size of a shed (using the footprint of a shed, so no permit), and so was wondering if I could rent these out to people, for rental income, and if so, what would be a fair price p...

I am a new agent in New York and submitted an offer on a short sale on behalf of my client on a listing that was originally listed with an agent. I was then contacted by that agent and was told that she was withdrawi...

I have owned a rental house for years and have never had a bug issue in the past, or with past tenants. But now I have a new set of tenants that moved in 7 months ago. They are now claiming that there are bed bugs in ...

I need advice.  Should I fire my property manager ASAP?     In my first 8 months of real estate investing, I had the unfortunate experience of my first eviction.  This property (Indianapolis) was my best cash flowing ...

Dummy me. Waiting WAY too long to put my foot down on a delinquent tenant. Got caught up in school, etc. On Wed June 21 she stated she had mailed the rent. As of Saturday, June 24, no rent received. On Sunday I held a...