Just when I thought I'd seen EVERYTHING that you can see in the rental property business, I was absolutely SHOCKED today! Here's the story.

A couple of months ago, I rented an apartment to a 19 year old girl. Althoug...

I just recently had an air conditioner condenser unit replaced in June in my California duplex.The bill was for $2200 for a 3 ton with r-22 Freon.The second unit just went out and now I am quoted $2800 for 14 seer 31/...

I have hired a company to do the tax protest for me. Last year the assessed value was 110k and the tax protest company brought it down to 107k. This year the assessed value was a WHOPPING 208k and the tax protest comp...

I closed on a fourplex in early June and just received the water bill and it's $711.40 for the period of June 5th to July 20th. This threw my math off. How can I get this under control??? Is this expected? I have a du...

Hey there! We are planning to rent my late parents house that has a well. We had the water tested and it is positive for chloroform but negative for ecoli (thank goodness). Anyway, is it hard to shock it with bleach o...

   So I am purchasing my first primary residence & I took the first time home buyers class yesterday. I was asked by the one of the counselors at the time of signing up to provide the class with insurance info th...

extract from article in SfGate (KTVU website):
"The average asking rent at buildings with at least 50 units in Oakland hit $1,925 in the third quarter, up 19 percent from the same time last year, RealFacts said. That ...

I am attempting to refinance a foreclosure that we purchased 7 months ago. The home is an updated 3 bdrm 2 bth in a B neighborhood. Homes in the neighborhood can sale anywhere from  $160k to $120k, at the very low end...

I'm becoming more of a hands on landlord based on advice I'm getting from folks on this forum. I'm having work done at one of my houses.  The repair guy told me about a spot in the ceiling in an upstairs bedroom. I he...

I've been a landlord for a little over 2 years and I've learned a lot of stuff, but one of the most annoying lesson's I'm dealing with is that I just can't trust anything tenants say. At least 3 out of 6 tenants I've ...