House of Horrors: The Legal Podcast For Real Estate Investors
Are you a real estate investor who wants to make sure your investments are a blessing not a curse?
The House of Horrors Podcast can help you protect your properties without losing your sanity. Learn from lawyer and landlord, Bonnie Galam, as she breaks down real estate horror stories so you can avoid them and to help you build a solid foundation for your portfolio.
In her straightforward way, Bonnie offers a mix of actionable steps to help you grow and tough love she knows you need to hear to check yourself before you wreck yourself.
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House of Horrors: The Legal Podcast For Real Estate Investors
93. First-Time Landlord vs Hoarder Tenants with Grace Gudenkauf
In this episode of House of Horrors, attorney and host Bonnie Galam welcomes Grace Gudenkauf, co-founder of the WIIRE Community (Women Investing in Real Estate). Grace shares her wild first-time landlord experience managing inherited tenants in a duplex. From 3AM toilet emergencies to family drama, hoarding, and a tenant moving out one box at a time on his mobility scooter, this story showcases creative problem-solving in property management.
You'll learn:
1. How to balance being compassionate with tenants while protecting your property and other residents' interests
2. Effective strategies for transitioning inherited tenants to new property management systems and policies
3. Why maintaining professional distance through property management software and business practices is crucial, especially as a young or new landlord
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