“The failure of a landlord to provide such conditions can lead to violation of the law and impose civil and, at times, even criminal liability upon the landlord”.Please read up on your local laws as relates to landlord obligations for habitable premises.This to me is a no brainer and am sorry am not trying to be mean to you.You inform tenant of your duty which his really to their advantage and then you go in and address.If tenants want to prevent you from treating, then suggest that they provide you with suggestions for pet friendly/kid friendly pest control to use and suggest that you will attempt that for a short period of time to see if it works but in the end, if it does not you will need to come in with a different approach, different product to address the situation.If said tenant continues to fight you on the issue, I suggest moving to contacting an attorney about providing a notice to comply or quit possession.You are running a business here.The unaddressed rodent activity is only going to get worse because you have a tenant that is difficult.Document your approach to resolve and try to have them chime in with their own suggestions on the agreement that if it does not work you will have no choice but to use an alternative.I would then start working on rethinking that lease term as that there sounds like a tenant that will bring you trouble.You have a legal duty and if a tenant is keeping you from completing it, that there is a problem as the same tenant will turn around and make false allegations and/or accuse you of not addressing the issue when all along you have been trying to do just that.Be the boss here, it is your property.This is like a grown kid that wants to test your limits, I suggest you put an end to that nonsense as life is too short and you have too much else to do than allow your time to be wasted by stubborn tenants.Side note:Glue traps – so cruel and gross.Peppermint has worked well for me too as @Marci Stein suggests. 

Does anyone have a good handyman in Lake Arrowhead, CA?

Hi, my name is Robert Naini, I'm new to BiggerPockets, thanks to the BP videos on YouTube, and recently moved to Crestview, FL (about 25 miles north of Fort Walton Beach, FL and 40 miles north of Destin, FL).We own 6 rentals - two in the Florida Panhandle (SFH in Crestview, SFH in DeFuniak Springs), and four in the Dallas/Fort Worth metro (Arlington, Cleburne, Lake Worth and East Dallas).I house-hacked my first purchase in 2005 by renting out two rooms and it covered most of the bills, I had never heard of house hacking before - it just made sense to me.

The alleged assault was not your fault.

Thanks in advance:Keywords: Carpentersville / Algonquin / lake in the hills / Woodstock / McHenry / Marengo / Barrington

We just had an agent here fined over $50k for allegedly neglecting to include the Lead Based Paint disclosure in the offer & the brochure in the closing documents.

I have a friend who is looking for an apartment or condo in the Clear Lake/League City area of Houston. 

But looking to sell or trade as FEDS could change without notice and is on a creek and below a lake..yeah .. just sharing.

Does anyone know much about properties on the lakes in central Illinois?  

Hey Guys, I'm about to close on a Duplex which, will be the first Property I ever own.Just wanted to share it with the community & get your thoughts on the dealPurchase Price: 118,000interest rate: 4.125Estimated Mortgage Payment: $1,131Smaller 2bed & 1bath= with a tenant $750/mo, currently a month to month lease but tenant wants to stay so I will have them sign a 1year lease.Bigger 2bed & 2 full bath......currently empty (I did not want the previous tenant so they moved out before closing), was renting for $850 but I will likely increase it to $900-$950 which is on par for the area.So I'm looking to have bring in 1600-1700/mo in rent.New Roof & home is in good condition but who knows what the future holdsProperty is in a Suburb that rents pretty easily due to proximity to lake, amusement park, and quality school district.I feel good about the deal but I'm curious to get feedback & some advice, with the winter here & in full affect my 1st cost is going to be someone to plow but I'm excited about it overall.