Most recently a tenant moved out and left the house full of roaches and another one just had an animal in the attic that somehow knocked down the ceiling light in the kitchen.

The system in my multifamily building is that we have individual fire alarms in bedrooms and kitchens of each unit - those alarms are not wired to the central system.

Last week, she called saying that the kitchen flooring has holes in it and she tried to put tape on it but now shes dealing with a pest situation and they are going in those holes.

The property is listed for $259,900 and needs new floors and updating to the kitchen and bathrooms.

We've also done all the maintenance and repairs all these years, we put new linoleum in the kitchen, painted the interior, built a new fence/gate, stained all cabinets, much more all without reimbursement as the owner is a tightwad and had never wanted to pay for upgrades.

Hello - I listed one unit (my unit) in south loop a month ago- had a ton of activity in August but both the 2 potential tenants who both paid for background checks fell threw! What luck right?September is crickets.. A...

We added value by re-doing the whole house, installed vinyl floorings, rebuilt 2 and a half bathrooms, re-painted the whole house, replaced all the hardware in the house, installed new lighting, ceiling fans, re-painted the kitchen, and completely remodeled the upstairs.

How much can you lean on a good investor-friendly agent for any of this, especially for a first timer?

I put in a brand new side by side stainless steel refer into the new kitchen.

I'm open to thoughts on where to invest or other potential methods for a first timer.