All Forum Posts by: Kyle Johnson

 Both Material and Time. $400

 Interesting. PM suggested the deduct from rent thing. Total $400

Okay. I got a call from my property management company the Monday of the week of Thanksgiving. Oven Door window cracked. Tenant needs it fixed ASAP so they can have Thanksgiving. PM sent guy to look at. They couldn't repair but could replace the glass in a couple of days for an unreasonable amount. So I called my guy. My guy couldn't come until after Thanksgiving. So I get another call from PM saying the tenant said he could fix it and that could go towards the rent. Well I'm like hold up! How much? I don't hear back for a few days. My guy goes to the house and tell me, the guy already fixed it. WTF? Then a week goes by the PM send me an invoice from the tenant (labor + costs). 

I feel I shouldn't pay this because the tenant broke the glass and he didn't wait for me (my guy) to repair it. And since he took it upon himself, he should suffer that loss since I never approved him to do it.

Question: Should I pay his invoice for the repairs? 

I'm willing to go half but that's it at this point but I could be convinced to do the whole thing. 

I don't want this to become the tenant scam. Let me break something then fix it so I can pay less rent for the month.

Sorry, you're right. I should have searched. But thanks for replying.

Hello All,

I'm just curious. Will getting solar add any value, marketing and/or rental value to your SFH rental? Is it worth doing?

I can see it may add some marketing value but that's it. Curious if other have done this if they have a SFH rental.

Thank you William and Adah! I thought that sounded a little weird. I'm usually the one paying for the wear and tear after a tenant moves out.

I just want to confirm something.

I have a rental property (SFH) that has hardwood floors throughout. I was told that insurance could cover the cost of any damage or replacement if needed? Is this correct? Is it the rental homeowner insurance or some other insurance?

Thanks!

I was told all of a sudden I had to add my PM to my insurance. My PM is under new management. After doing some research online all the articles that are for adding your PM to your insurance are written by other PM companies. I wanted to get an owner's perspective about adding your PM as an Additional Insured.

What's the owner's benefit in doing this? From what I can tell you are just saving the PM company headaches and helping them out in case anything goes wrong.

Thoughts? 

I have a rental property and the appliances in my property is not what I would consider old (< 5 years) but they have problems from time to time due to overuse. That made me wonder should I consider buying a home warranty like AHS? Is this a good idea or should I just buy extended warranties on all my appliances? Any advice would be appreciated due to I have only been doing this for a year and a half with one property. My PM charges a arm and leg if they have to fix stuff. I'm trying to avoid that.