Kirsten Hunt
Legalities of renting longer than 29 days on VRBO, Airbnb, etc.
Hello, We are fairly new to STR and have hosted the normal weekends, weeks, etc. We now have a request for 3-6 months, which sounds like a great deal. Are there any added legalities with renting "long term" from a S...
Andres Prado
How to determine rent while house hacking
Hello BP, I am a first time home buyer, currently in college at FSU and I just purchased a 3x1.5, 1800 sqft home that I plan to turn into a 4x2 and later rent out. When buying the property, I already had 2 roommates/f...
Jody Schnurrenberger
Is Splitting Monthly Rent a Fair Housing Violation?
I've had a tenant for nearly a year now and I love her. She keeps my place like a show home. My rent is high for the area ($1400). She is late with rent sometimes and I'm worried that she might move because it's to...
Lena S.
Who pays for tenants accomodation in case of emergency?
Two weeks ago, we've got a call from one of our tenants about gas leaking outside our property. We immediately called the service, they came and fixed the problem, and since there was not signs of gas leaking insid...
Fred Thimme
Buy Washer and Dryer or Queen Bed?
Hi All...new member here and this is my first post. My wife and I started up on Airbnb in December with a small (1100sf) 3BR home in Abingdon, VA and we’ve had 3 bookings so far. We have a queen in one bedroom (that’s...
Vy Mai
Emotional Support Animal
Hi everyone,We have a potential tenant interested with our property. Tenant informed us of receiving disability and did not inform us of having a pet dog. Tenant told us after meeting and looking at the house that the...
Paul Crowson
New Tenants Talking To Previous Tenants
I'm advertising for new tenant in a rent house. But even though I have lots of prospects, I don't really feel comfortable walking them thru the house with the previous tenant still there (she is moving out in a we...
Kim Parker
Upcoming tenant start date pushed back
Hi BiggerPockets community,We have a MTR that we rent the main floor and lower level separately to traveling healthcare professionals. It has gone very well so far.We are set to welcome our next guest in two days. We ...
Kat Hem
Could I be sued for negligence?
I bought my first two properties two years ago in Rochester NY. Last year I switched car insurance companies and forgot to add back my umbrella policy. You guessed it, a meter was broken into at one property and RG E...
Alan Adkins
Emotional support animal in no pets unit
Basics are 10 year tenant, always no pets. Found out a cat was in unit, talked to tenants told them cat had to go. Only verbal notice. 2 weeks later they deliver a note from Soul Reconstruction specialist that they...