All Forum Posts by: Henry T.

Way to go!! Hope you're not too deep, watch those sides. 

Is this in Newark? Do they have rent control there?

Your PM is incompetent.

Written warning. Control your dog. Wreck my fence you will be billed.

No. Keep the floor vents unless you like looking at black soot on your ceiling and don't mind the inefficiency.  Btw, 22k sounds insane, but I could be out of touch. I hope you get 5 more bids.

First you need good insulation.

Keep the electric water heaters, so you don't have to run venting.

Maybe try electric fan wall heaters, cheap and easy install.

Last, Gas furnace or wall gas unit is cheapest yearly cost but may be an expensive initial retrofit. I've read there are gas wall units that don't require venting.

I'm speaking from Seattle, I don't know Mass.

"The tenant is punctual with rent payments and maintains a clean, orderly unit."  On the surface that sounds like a good tenant. If their messages are insignificant, don't answer.

Or, if you must answer, send/paste something equally insignificant like a long vague form letter thanking them for their concerns, etc, etc. 

It would be good to know where this is? Some areas don't allow you to end a lease.

Some people are a pita, that's the biz. Raise rents based on the time required of you. Not retaliation, but actual extra time/hours spent, vs other units. A property manager would be charging for this, pass the costs to the tenant. "Your honor, this unit simply costs us this much more to operate, here's the breakdown"

You guys are all cracking me up. And you're right too. I'm sitting on so much equity it blows my mind, but I'm done, no more buying. I could leverage myself into the stratosphere but no, keeping it simple, like a simpleton should :)  I see a lot of apt buildings going up in Seattle, if I was in apts I might be concerned but my gig is houses only, and those rates are up and stable. Since the Seattle landlord bloodbath, houses have really disappeared. Smaller landlords sold out/got out, and those homes become owner occupied. Ads everywhere "looking for private landlord". That's because most availability here is coprporate owned now, and the screening brutal. It has to be because the region is so anti-landlord.  I don't know your market Alex, I hope you can hang in there. Keep expenses down, but most of all keep your screening criteria as high as possible, you don't need a deadbeat. Maybe try some inexpensive touches that can raise your appeal? Good luck.

 What Wesley is saying here is spot on. There's a food source happening somewhere. Muck dripping under appliances for example? The only thing I can add to this is flip those appliances over, clean them,  and spray the heck out of them. Wipe down and delouse  all other areas and spray.  Then seal any holes in the building. They can easily come in thru adjacent buildings thru poorly sealed plumbing areas. If you have roaches they're eating something. Clean it up.

I take my shoes off whenever I enter someone's home. Many say it's not necessary and we act accordingly. Depending on what you're doing, either roll out protective paper or wear shoe covers. If asked, absolutely.

without hesitation.