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Backstory- My family and I live next to a widow who lost her husband almost four years ago, we reside in central WA. She has no children and her only nearby family is a cousin who lives in town. Over the past two year...
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What are your thoughts about how to screen out some high risk applicants you don't want??Specifically households with more than 4 people total?I have a 3 bedroom / 1 bath SFH rental in Indiana in a class D area (abo...
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Residential landlord hereI've found a few potential rental investments, but they're partial resident units and a few commercial units.I've never touched commercial rental before. Is there anything I should consider di...
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... on apartment building and houses always turned on?
I look many times to Google Streetview and I saw all times, outside lights are on.
Why? Is this a law or so?
Who need outside lights on day? Thats big waste of e...
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Good morning. Here is my situation.I am a w2 employee. All of our insurance/retirement is tied up w/in my job. My wife does not like her job and is making the leap to open an in home daycare as soon as our new house i...
Jason Lee owns more rental properties than most full-time real estate investors. But, he didn’t do this by investing after the last housing crash, inheriting millions from his parents, or buying a hundred-unit apartme...
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I have a quick question about the general rule of a possible tenant having an income of 3x's the rent. Does this rule change any depending on number of kids? If rent is 1000, then an income of 3000 seems fine f...
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Have you ever taken advantage of OK state "immediate eviction" procedures for criminal activity, drug use, violence? What did that process look like for you? What was required? How long did it take?OK Landlord-Tenant ...
For those of us with caring debt from student loans FNMA just offered to help us out. You can now get better rates on a cash out refi if you use it to pay off student loans. It is just more incentive to jump in. Full ...
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Hi all,I had a mid term tenant send me a picture of what is apparently mold in the bedroom closet. I asked through text if I could come over that night to look at it so I could get it taken care of but he told me he n...