Ok so I was having this debate with a local landlord and I’d like to hear your opinion…. You charge $25 for your application fee. You show the house to a nice couple and they want to apply but they don’t speak, read o...

Hi BiggerPockets Landlords,I just picked up a small fourplex in rural CA and after speaking to two of the tenants already on the phone, one speaks no English, so a child was translating for me.  The news coming back w...

Wisconsin landlord tenant law has been pretty reasonable, but we just had a major shift with the Koble case. Because of language in a "homemade" lease the landlord had to pay back all the rent they have received over ...

I want to know if anyone has had any fortune of getting a Freddie loan short sale approval to say settle in full satisfaction instead of the typical boiler plate approval that they seem to be issuing as a computer pri...

I have recently purchased a duplex REO property which has a number of violations with city liens.  I am in the process of clearing the violations and running into some issues in trying to be the "owner/builder" of the...

is it true that:- Private property owners who do not own or have any interest in more than three single-family houses at one time are exempt from the federal Fair Housing Act of 1968?- Multifamily properties with fewe...

Looking to partner up on an 8 unit deal in Texas. Except there’s one issue, I have no idea how to form a partnership of anything like that. I’m guessing there are plenty on people on here that don’t know as well, whic...

I posted an available unit on Craigslist and was contacted by the son of a possible applicant because the father has no email address. I did my standard phone screening and also told the son that if the father applies...

Hi BP,This past weekend, I learned that the tenants in one of my units are taking care of 3 dogs that do not belong to them. According to the lease they are allowed to have 2 pets (1 large dog, and one small dog).  I ...

There is an international high school next to my house that has foreign language speakers come to the U.S. and teach their language. One of those teachers wants to rent a room from me since I live close to the school....