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David Nacco Dumb Question... How Should I Dress?
17 August 2019 | 42 replies
High cotton content shirt - 100% will wrinkle like hell, but majority polyester or similar holds odors and looks cheap.
Clint G. Pest control...you pay or tenant?
16 August 2019 | 13 replies
I think some of it also depends upon timing (ie. when the infestation happens/became noticable).In many instances, there's a lot they can do to try and mitigate some of that risk of another infestation happening (ie. sealable, odor containing/closed trash cans, taken out regularly; regular cleaning of the apartment space; ensure food is in tightly sealed containers, even if in the refrigerator; early communication about any standing water or wood rot; wash bedding frequently -  a lot of people eat in bed, and this is an easy way to attract insects and pests because oftentimes most people don't wash their bedding nearly enough).
Seth Galligan Help "Evicting" Cats - How to Enforce a Pet Agreement
20 August 2019 | 4 replies
They might also enjoy knowing that their security deposit will most likely not be coming back to them because removing urine odors generally requires steam cleaning and that is expensive.  
Daniel Claroni What's that smell?!?
4 May 2019 | 17 replies
The only truly effective way to remove an odor is to remove the source, be it pad, drywall, or subfloor.
Ellen A. Tenant or landlord responsible for rats?
20 August 2019 | 7 replies
The rodents are are territorial and are leaving their odors of familiarity and do return.They put in a sonic anti rodent contoler in the engine, sprayed strong mint, chili spray, mothballs, set traps To no avail.A landlords lackadaisical attitude can cost you a good tenant with lots of repairs and damage.
Kellen Canfield Hoarder House in Los Angeles Advice
10 May 2019 | 2 replies
You can send someone in now but there's no way to look behind all their stuff and get a real scope of damages, odors, etc.
Lane Smith smelly tenants in multiplex
25 June 2019 | 12 replies
It was not too bad (dirty carpet and sticky floors) but the smell of trash and body odor was fairly repulsive.
Jeremy Martin Smoker Smell Remediation
23 August 2019 | 2 replies
If I were you, I would replace any fabric, ie. carpet, I would pay a cleaning company a couple hundred buck to do a deep clean, change any HVAC filters, then I would go to Home Depot and buy an odor bomb or two.
Jason Papp Inherited Tennant moved out w/o notice - 2 weeks after closing
26 August 2019 | 16 replies
No harm no foul and move on.    
Lulu Nguyen Rental housing and domestic violence
25 September 2019 | 48 replies
This behavior is in violation of the lease agreement which you signed on (date of lease) which states in section 12: “Disorderly Conduct—Tenant agrees not to permit or suffer any disorderly conduct, noise, vibration, odors, or other nuisance whatsoever about the property and further shall not annoy, disturb, or harass neighbors or other residents of the community and to use no machinery or other apparatus which would damage the property or disturb neighbors or other residents in the community.”