When a listing says available 10/1, sorry, there's no way you can move in 8/1. It doesn't matter if that's your preferred move-in date. It's currently occupied. It says that in availability, and again in the description.

If the listing says no cats, that means no cats. No, it doesn't matter if your cat is an ESA, lol. (Legal analysis of recent HUD ruling.). It says twice in the description: NO CATS.

It's furnished, we cannot remove the couch, bed and cabinets. We're sorry if you need someplace to store yours. Again, in the description, yet routinely ignored by prospective tenants.

We require 1st month + Deposit. Sorry, we understand that's a lot of money. It is to us too, and tenants have been known to stiff landlords. Sorry, if you don't have it, it's not a good fit.

Half of everyone inquiring literally doesn't seem to read. Is this our new gene pool, the Gen Z everyone is talking about? Is this everywhere now, or just me?

I have someone who is interested in renting my single-family home who came in with a lot of red flags, from sketchy work history, to a low credit score which she says is 600-640. Plus there were other things she mentioned during the showing that gave me concern. She said she can provide a co-signer but my instincts are telling me this is a bad idea. Can I just say I don’t think it’s the right fit and not give her an application, or do I have to legally allow her to apply and then deny the application? I think in CA if I deny the application I will have to refund her application fees as well. I have made the credit score and other requirements clear in the listing. Thanks in advance for any tips/help!

My wife and I just completed a 6 month lease for a furnished apartment. It was our 3rd apartment in the building complex over 7 years...we recently had a baby and got a 6 month rental while we looked for a place to buy

It was clearly the landlord's first time renting out a place. We communicated briefly a few times in the beginning and she seemed defensive/confrontational each time. We didnt bother her with anything for 6 months...took care of the apartment, I am decently handy so I fixed some things other tenants would have bothered about...we rented it furnished but we put most things in storage and didnt touch most of her items

Had a walkthrough with her realtor and everything was fine. We cleaned the apartment before and nothing was brought up. The realtor even texted a week before saying they were asking for a cleaning lady recommendation.

I just received a formal UPS letter in the mail saying they will withhold $475 dollars for 'professional deep cleaning to restore the unit to the condition it was delivered to the tenant'. They included photos of dust on some cabinet handles, toilet bowl cleaner residue that wasnt scrubbed completely, some residue on some grout in the shower. Basically 3 minutes with a microfiber towel and everything is resolved. Was the apartment pristine for the next person to live there? No, but that is not my responsibility...as a landlord on another apartment, I would be ecstatic if I received an apartment back in this condition

They included an invoice for a 'deep cleaning' for 475 dollars. It's a 1500 sq foot apartment...we have never heard of anyone paying more than 200 dollars in our building to clean a dirty apartment...I have owned rental properties before and rented many times before...I have never been charge or charged anyone for a cleaning...

I'm closing on my investment property on 8/5. I already have a tenant lined up (close family friend) so feeling pretty good about that. I'd like to use whatever y'all recommend to make sure I cover all normal landlording responsibilities (paperwork, monthly rent collection, etc).

I have a fairly good understanding of what my responsibilities are vs what they are responsible for but since I haven't done this before I'm sure I have a lot to learn. Thanks!!!

Anyone with experience submetering a multifam retroactively?

I'm looking for personal experiences with third party submetering options for water in a 12 unit townhouse complex.

I've looked into a bunch of different options extensively for our HOA to submeter our small townhouse complex that is 100% rentals. I *thought* we were going to work something out to use our local water authority to do this using their equip and billing, but in the 11th hr their retrofit rules were too challenging (difficulty placing meters near the source and expensive, touchy backflow devices that need annual inspections, etc).

It was a gut punch as we've put so much work into this so I'm back to the drawing board and no longer have my notes from vendors although most didn't seem like a great option due to complexity, ours all size, billing challenges, etc.

Just looking for any thoughts or recommendations. Thank you!

I am newer to real estate and trying to get a sense of what is reasonable to expect from a property management company from folks who have more experience. I have heard 10% of rent and a leasing fee is common. Does this fit with your experience?

I am curious to get a sense of what property managers typically do for you. For example, if something breaks and they need to have work done do they find the contractor? Is it normal for folks to say they will collect an additional 10-20% of what the repair will cost for managing this process? If there is an issue with the tenant damaging property or otherwise being noncompliant with the lease, how much would a good property management company address?

I appreciate any input! 

My renters decided to tell me a year later that there is black mold all over the bathroom. Its real bad and she never told me once about it and now its to the point everything needs gutted. Gonna cost me thousands. Should I keep their deposit over this? Its being fixed now.

Tenants moved out after 12 months, leaving (old) carpet in stains, and hardwood covered in scratches. There are tiny scratches covering the whole floor, all over the living room. Is this normal w&t or would you hold on to some deposit money to fix? (Pictures are of close up, imagine this all over the living room/dining room floor.)