I had made a reply to a similar thread on this.

Put language in your lease about use of the screen for all fires.I always made it the tenant's responsibility to have the chimney cleaned at least once per year for the built in fireplaces and twice per year for the store bought types as they have smaller chimney piping.  

The idea of owning real estate as an investment has always made me excited, but truthfully I don't know a lot about my options.

Purchase price: $160,000 Cash invested: $12,500Singe family house-hack renting two bedrooms in a 4-bed, 3 bath, 2-car garage home.What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Did you notice which of your updates made the biggest impact on your final sale price?

Is there something I need to do to get my phone number and name disassociated with these properties or at least made private?

All in all - owning a place to rent to other people is a business, and business decisions need to be made based on that cold hard facts and not on an emotional basis, unless someone wants to quickly go out of business.

Money is made on the spread!

Yet, I regularly correct major errors made on tax returns by HRB people and even by CPAs.

Can we all agree a dollar made in Austin TX or Bryan TX or Dallas TX or San Francisco CA, or Nashville TN or any where spends the same wherever you choose to spend that dollar.