Randy Hallowell
Increasing late fee to motivate rent being paid on time
Hi all! Thanks in advance for your help! I have a tenant that is consistently late with rent. It started with a day or 2, then 5, 10 and now we are at 27 days. My rental agreement states that rent is due on the first ...
Joshua Savage
Newbie from Ascutney, Vermont
Hi everyone,I am a new member here at BP, but have been scrolling over your forums and listening to some of the podcasts for quite a while now. A little information about me - I have a full time job in IT Support, w...
Francesco Adriatico
Rental has terrible carpeting flooring and Landlord won't fix it
Hello everyone, Last month, I started renting a semi-basement in a building in New Jersey. When I moved in, the apartment heating was not working and I had to fight with the landlord and threaten him to not pay rent i...
Dave Carpenter
20 unit deal analysis in Wisconsin - specifically Waupun
Good afternoon BP world. I have looked at a property that I am interested in offering on. I thought I would get some input from the group first. Here are the details:20 total units in 2 adjoining buildings. One is 8 u...
Mike Fuchs
First Day Landlord Problem - Help!
Hi all, we closed on our first rental property today (a duplex), and have read all we could preparing for the transition. We have a vacant unit that should be easy to fill, and tenant on a month to month lease. This i...
Jennifer McElliott
breaking lease
Hi All,I've read through most of the posts on tenants wanting to break their lease, but wanted to post this slightly different flavor here...My tenants just called yesterday w/ a situation... we have a 5 bedroom house...
Patti Robertson
How Is Advertising Defined
I'm a very experienced investor, but pretty new to BP. Two times I've had posts removed by moderators for "advertising content." In neither case did I advertise or self promote. In one case I simply gave the names of...
Scott Houin
HOA doing something illegal?
Quick question on HOA's. I live in Missouri and I have a small HOA on my primary residence. My subdivision has no pool, no neighborhood watch, there is really nothing or any reason for the HOA. Its because of this ...
James Davies
Seller is wants to kill deal if we test for Radon!?
I'm in the process of purchasing an occupied multi-family investment property. I booked an inspector to come out in a few days to test everything. The seller heard we were testing for radon and threatened to kill the ...
Mary Jay
Tenant doing some work on a rental
The tenant l am thinking of getting is in construction. I do need to change the flooring and I cannot afford that right now. It’s 3 k Sq feet house . The quotes and getting is anywhere from 5 to 10,000 from other c...