Stuck with homes they no longer live in but cant sell, owners who dont want to walk away are reluctantly resorting to renting them out to try to cover expenses.

via  StarTribune.com.

But what about situations where you enter your rental and the tenant may be stressed as a result…Which for many tenants is anytime you show up!  Such as physical rent collections an action I am strongly against, routine inspections, correcting tenant caused maintenance issues and others.

via  biggerpockets.

Donovan take[s] an anti-investment position as he separates them from homes of primary residence and alludes to homeownership almost as a right, also alluding that real estate investment homes are subject to being rejected as less than worthy.

via agentgenius .

“Good real estate, good tenancy and quality management will stay leased,” Mr. Hurwitz said. “Distressed real estate will go deeper into distress

via WSJ.com.

The fate of that ordinance now is in the hands of Judge Eric Hylden after the landlords’ attorney, J.D. Feriancek, asked the court to extend a temporary injunction granted by Judge John DeSanto last week. That restraining order has blocked the city from implementing the rental ordinance, which is designed to control the conversion of single-family homes into college-neighborhood rentals.

via Duluth News Tribune

From the tenants perspective no matter how much they have trashed the property they still expect their security deposit returned in full…

via biggerpockets .

Good news for landlords, bad news for renters as U.S. Census Department and Rent.com agree that double digit rent hikes are on the way across America. Traditional news outlets point to this as a sign of economic recovery, we point to it as a sign of the opposite.

via AgentGenius.

Zillow launches Rent Zestimates under a cloud of secrecy, avoids scrutiny, and gets a fairy tale send off from those it sponsors, but is less likely to get a pass from those in the property management arena.

via agentgenius.

As foreclosures and falling home values continue to slam the local housing market, the forecast for rentals is improving

via MiamiHerald.com.

Apartment dwellers could be facing double-digit rent increases in the coming years as a shortage of new multifamily units coupled with a rise in prime renter-age households gives landlords clout they haven’t seen since the mid-1990s, say development experts

via RISMedia.