Hellobee Boards Topic: Are you a landlord?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Are you a landlord? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:34:14 +0000 Honeybee on "Are you a landlord?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-a-landlord#post-786976 Thu, 16 May 2013 14:27:29 +0000 Honeybee 786976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We are but we use a property management company. I tell DH it's our retirement home. :) PrincessBaby on "Are you a landlord?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-a-landlord#post-786100 Thu, 16 May 2013 11:39:13 +0000 PrincessBaby 786100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We will be in a month when we move out of state. We have a renter who I think will be good (but you never know!) and we ran background/credit on them and all was fine. They also have already paid first month's and last month's rent/deposit with no issue so that was reassuring. They are paying a few hundred dollars more than the mortgage is so hopefully if anything craps out and has to be repaired, it wont be too disappointing since we're making a little extra. Smurfette on "Are you a landlord?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-a-landlord#post-786098 Thu, 16 May 2013 11:37:40 +0000 Smurfette 786098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We are but don't want to be. DH bought the condo before we met and can't sell it now, even to break even. So we are renting it out and bought a house. regberadaisy on "Are you a landlord?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-a-landlord#post-786034 Thu, 16 May 2013 11:21:00 +0000 regberadaisy 786034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @grizz: yea, I brought up buying a vacation home/cabin so we have somewhere to go and rent it out via VRBO or alike. Got shot down! :P Mrs. Pen on "Are you a landlord?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-a-landlord#post-786022 Thu, 16 May 2013 11:18:16 +0000 Mrs. Pen 786022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm not but I think it's a good investment opportunity. I would likely hire a property manager to handle most of it though as long as I was making a decent enough income on the house. petunia354 on "Are you a landlord?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-a-landlord#post-786010 Thu, 16 May 2013 11:16:28 +0000 petunia354 786010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I am, by accident. Bought a condo when I was 21, lived there for a few years before DH and I bought a house. We wanted to sell but banks won't lend out money for someone to buy a unit because the ratio of rented vs. owner occupied units is too high. So annoying, especially since I am losing money on it every month. Had horrible tenants the first year, the second year the lady broke the lease 6 months in and now I have finally found a wonderful long term tenant. yoursilverlining on "Are you a landlord?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-a-landlord#post-785972 Thu, 16 May 2013 11:10:31 +0000 yoursilverlining 785972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yup we are, and it's been great so far (but we have a GREAT tenant, which makes allllllll the difference!!!). Once we get more than 1 property we'll turn everything over to a management company to deal with. Alivoo01 on "Are you a landlord?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-a-landlord#post-785962 Thu, 16 May 2013 11:08:44 +0000 Alivoo01 785962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We are, and it's been okay so far. The owner has been fixing everything on his own. Only thing that sucks is we have to remind him to pay rent, and he's fallen behind a couple times. Pirouette on "Are you a landlord?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-a-landlord#post-785931 Thu, 16 May 2013 11:02:54 +0000 Pirouette 785931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ sort of. We've been landlords twice: once with DH's house and now with mine. but both times they've been rented by family members and the whole rent paying part of the deal has been a bit lacking. (nonexistent) SO yes, i'm a landlord, but apparently a pushover of a landlord :) we contemplated buying a multi-family and renting out a few units and leaving in one, but decided ultimately it wasn't what we wanted for our home life. BananaPancakes on "Are you a landlord?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-a-landlord#post-785834 Thu, 16 May 2013 10:42:35 +0000 BananaPancakes 785834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I am, but the house is for sale. I own the house with my sister and we have a friend who lives there. It's actually been great since he's a great tenant and keeps the house up for showing since neither my sister or I live there. But I'd never do it for fun. Way too stressful and it can be really difficult to kick someone out if they are bad tenants. Boheme on "Are you a landlord?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-a-landlord#post-785828 Thu, 16 May 2013 10:41:32 +0000 Boheme 785828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes, and its a PITA. The house is in another state, so a three hour drive away. We had one horrible set of tenants, the second people were great, and these current people are always calling with a sob story about how they might need to break their lease or how they need us to lower the rent. It majorly stresses me out. We are going to sell as soon as we can afford to swing two mortgages for a couple months to have it empty for showing. chopsuey on "Are you a landlord?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-a-landlord#post-785819 Thu, 16 May 2013 10:40:21 +0000 chopsuey 785819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We're renting our condo out, but we have a property manager who takes care of everything for us. lioneyes on "Are you a landlord?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-a-landlord#post-785817 Thu, 16 May 2013 10:40:10 +0000 lioneyes 785817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ we're going to be landlords when we rent out our apartment to move to a bigger place. i hope to have the renter sign a 2 year lease. heffalump on "Are you a landlord?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-a-landlord#post-785812 Thu, 16 May 2013 10:39:06 +0000 heffalump 785812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We are.... but we never really wanted to be. We owned a townhouse when I got pregnant, but if we sold it we would have lost money so we are renting it out. We've been lucky with renters and haven't had issues there, but it's annoying to have to go right away and pay for things when they break down. Like if the ac goes out on a weekend here in hot sunny florida, you have to pay a lot for them to come out right away. We're going to sell as soon as possible. Anagram on "Are you a landlord?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-a-landlord#post-785741 Thu, 16 May 2013 10:24:57 +0000 Anagram 785741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yup, I am. Right now, it's starting to be a PITA though, because my house in in Texas and I'm many states away. But I first had a small condo and then a townhouse and I've been renting them in some form or fashion for the last 7 years, and generally it's been pretty easy. IE: I've never had really bad experiences where people don't pay rent, or damage the property. In fact, I've had a renter get the place professionally cleaned when she moved out (on her own dime) AND leave me a bottle of wine and nice note for "letting her have the place". And she was paying the mortgage on that place. Some of it might be luck, but I feel like I'm good at picking the right renters. And that's key. regberadaisy on "Are you a landlord?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-a-landlord#post-785728 Thu, 16 May 2013 10:22:22 +0000 regberadaisy 785728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ If not, would you ever be a landlord? We've talked for years about buying a duplex in the city near the university campus. Maybe when our renovations at our home are completely done in a few years we will look into it again.