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5 November 2013 | 6 replies
If a tenant moves into a pest-free house and then practices poor housekeeping and then complains about a spider infestation, is the landlord responsible for coming in and fumigating for spiders?
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15 May 2014 | 26 replies
So you won't be in walking distance of the beach, but you'll be a safe distance from the tourist-infested areas that are closer to the waterfront.
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21 May 2014 | 1 reply
That could easily be eating away if you discover an electrical problem, dry rot, infestation, severe mold issue, etc.
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22 May 2014 | 2 replies
The house is a 2/1 built in 1962 on a small lot and her brother is living in it although he says he is moving.The neighborhood used to be called McCreetown and is now Botanical Heights and was a gang and drug infested area just 7 or so years ago.
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9 August 2013 | 26 replies
Yes, the house was that dirty and cockroach infested.
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2 December 2013 | 15 replies
Not gang infested but the neighborhood isn't really kept up.
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8 March 2014 | 16 replies
This helps since many students aren't from the the local area.Provide simple waste baskets in each room, its only about $3-$5 and believe it or not it will prevent bug infestations because the students actually use them.
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3 September 2013 | 1 reply
When we purchased it it was smoke infested, so know that elbow grease and paint and flooring brings it back relatively easily.But we are thinking that when these tenants move out we will just market it as a smoking unit and see if we can get a rent premium and not need to get it back to pristine condition.
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5 September 2013 | 16 replies
·Previous tenants infested the carpet with fleas I am holding 200 dollars in pet deposit no matter what.
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11 September 2013 | 5 replies
The same would apply to the bed bug infestation unless it existed when you purchased the building.IRS Private Letter Ruling: PLR-127132-05 on Mold