All Forum Posts by: Michelle M.

Welcome Cody, great to see such young people getting an early start.

Aly, your case is a good example of when I would pay for pest control outside of move-in for a tenant in a single family home, as a matter of fact it may be an example of when I might be required by local ordinances to pay.

Also, I read your profile. I'm proud of you for your success with short sales. I tried a couple, I don't have the patience.

Ryan, is that $36.00 a visit or are you on a quarterly contract? Either way, you're right that's not bad. The company I've used charged $75.00 a visit.

I just looked at our Landlord Tenant Handbook, and it states that pest control is not necessarily a maintenance responsibility for the landlord. The lease should specify whether or not pest control will be provided by the landlord. It may become a landlord issue when housing or health codes require it because the property’s conditions violate health and safety codes.

As you mentioned Brian, when I purchase a multi-unit I will likely go under contract with a pest control company because, in this type of dwelling there will be more people in the building with different characters (some clean, some not so), but in a single family home (since I’m not required to) I think the tenant being the only family there, and having more control over the presence or not of pest being in the home should handle it, unless of course we’re talking about termites.

I’m all for pre-move in pest control.

I know this is an old post but, thanks for posting because it was a question that I had.

I had pest control come in before the contractors started work on my rental. The pest control company asked if I wanted to go under contract (paid quarterly), and include the cost in the rent. I told them not at the present time.

I like the idea of pest control between tenants, but will look at my State law to see how it should be handled.

Thank you Andrea, for right now I will stay in the Augusta area. Eventually I would like to invest in the Chicago market.

Thank you Curtis. Great then I'm in the right place.

Welcome Geoff, I hope everything works out.

Hello Brian, from one newbie to another, welcome to the site and thank you for serving. I am an Army Veteran also. My last duty station was Fort Gordon, GA and I'm still in GA, I guess I didn't feel like moving again.

Hello everyone, my name is Michelle Matthews. I am originally from Chicago. My current residency is Hephzibah, GA (right next to Augusta).

I retired from the Army in 2004. I have enjoyed learning about real estate since the mid 90s. I am a lifetime student of real estate education. I have bird dogged for investors since the mid to late 90s. I am a member of my local REIA.

I currently have one investment property (a single family home). My short term goal is to buy 4 houses and a hotel (a small multi-unit property). :D