
27 December 2022 | 16 replies
Unfortunately it did not turn out well.Long story short, I had to replace the wall to the tune of $10,500 (extra $1k charged by dump as the dirt had glass in it).

13 January 2019 | 28 replies
@Dillon LopezThe below link let you see the glass as either half empty of half full.

20 November 2019 | 80 replies
@Shawn Westbrook my personal must-haves: skirt board ladder, left-handed hammer, glass hammer, lightning hammer (never strikes the same place twice), wood enlarger, nailing lubricant, and a rip saw with a pull chord.
23 January 2020 | 25 replies
He found 6 windows with a crack in the glass.

26 March 2020 | 36 replies
That's probably why all the landlording books give warnings about letting people slide on their rent.

11 February 2020 | 42 replies
Go to the search bar (magnifying glass) at the top of your screen and type in "inherited tenant" then read for the next 42 days.

11 February 2020 | 14 replies
@Kevin Allen - These are for Chicago, but likely very similar for other local housing authorities...MOST COMMON FAIL ITEMSInoperable light fixtures and improperly wired electrical outlets (reverse polarity, open ground, hot neutral reverse, etc.)Deteriorated and unstable paint on surfaces (peeling, cracking, chipping, etc.) in units built prior to 1978 where children under the age of six reside or will resideMissing, inoperable or incorrectly mounted smoke and carbon monoxide detectorsBroken or inoperable windows (cracked glass panes, broken locks, drafty frames, etc.)Exposed electrical wires/connections (light fixtures missing globes, electrical junction boxes missing cover plates or knockout plugs, breaker boxes with open sockets, etc.)Broken/faulty door locks and drafty doorsCutting hazards, including protruding sharp nails pipes/metals objects with jagged edges,deteriorated sheet metal, cracked glass blocks on windows,etc.

27 July 2017 | 5 replies
Trust me when I say this you need to be firm in your biz and stick by whatever rules you have made, I am the "good cop" in our biz and I usually have pity on some that tend to need housing but cannot afford the property, guess what when you let some rules slide you have made up with this forum from folks that have been there and done that, you will put yourself in a bad predicament more often than not.

17 September 2016 | 4 replies
We gave the guy a good portion of his security deposit back before he stormed off and we can do the rest of the walk-through.We found deep gouges in the walls due to moving, our lead-glass cabinet was broken, and the ground upstairs is soaked in animal excrement that will require redoing the hardwood floors.To be completely honest we would like to sue him over all of these repairs.