Fellow landlords, I am curious if you are doing anything about lighting fixtures inside your rental properties that use incandescent bulbs wired to traditional dimmers.

Hi all, I'm a new landlord and would appreciate some advice and suggestions. 

In my search for a multi-family home now I am seeing more landlords live in a finished attic or finished basement.

My recenty renovated 1 bed/ 1 bath units in Lakewood, OH rent out far quicker, ~2 weeks at $585-600/month.Has any other property managers/landlords experienced a drastic difference between those 2 locations?

Both are in decent shape....but could use some work....the owner was a good landlord and took care of the places.  

And if they don't want to bend, if they don't realize that my solicitude and kindness to them in the past was a choice, not the only way I know how to live and deal with people, not a weakness to exploit, then they get a less pleasant and accommodating landlord in their lives.

I never thought anything of it, but I was speaking to a licensed broker whom informed that "technically speaking", it was illegal for me to actually manage a property as well as pay commission to my agents on the landlord's behalf because I was not a licensed real estate agent nor were any of my agends.

I called our landlord the third day of the issue, probably about the first day of February if not end of January.

I called our landlord the third day of the issue, probably about the first day of February if not end of January.

I know 3 X times monthly income is needed to rent a place , between my pension and 457 b withdrawals , I will meet income requirements, credit scores are good for both, credit card is high but I am managing it with no problem, tenant record is excellent (never late on rent payment on my life), after this brief summary, these are my questions/concerns:-How landlord/rental property feel about this situation when there is no W-2 income to present?