Knute Olsen
Legal to charge tenants a "maintenance charge" (Washington State)
Hello,Going to start renting out my first property very soon. I am dotting the I's and crossing the T's to get ready.I was wondering, is it legal to charge tenants a "maintenance charge" (obviously I would write this ...
John P.
Carbon Monoxide detectors mandated by insurance carrier???
My insurance carrier does inspections on my properties which is fine. For one property they sent me a letter with two items to fix within 3 weeks. The one was to cover an open junction box near a heater. That seems li...
Rob Denn
Surveillance Camera System vs Ring Video Doorbell Elite
I'm deep into renovating my house for use as a short term rental unit in the upstairs flat. I'm in a desirable area with heavy foot traffic that's close to a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station. So I thought I wou...
Asury Johnson
August Smart Lock review for STRs
Hey guys, we had been having a lot issues with guests not respecting the check in or check out time. One guest even tried getting in the house at 2 am while there were other guests there. Yeah..scary. We got the Augus...
Evan Kline
MTR's 16 Months in: 10 things we've learned (South East, Winston Salem)
I thought I'd share some of our lessons from the past nearly year and a half of running mid-term rentals. Back in January 2022 we had an LTR turnover on one of our units. My wife and I have been super scrappy over the...
Justin F.
Upgrading Underground Powerlines - Trenching PG&E Bay Area
Hi,
I've got underground powerlines and the PG&E vault box is across the street on my neighbors property. PG&E said if I wanted to upgrade my existing 100A electrical panel to 200A, I'd have to trench from m...
Austin Davis
Secure Entry Lock Recommendations
Hello Apartment Building investors,
We have six apartment buildings that we would like to put commercial grade keypad secure entry handles/locks that are durable and reliable to last for a long time. We got a quote ...
Jorge Rubio
Tenant vs Landlord Repairs- Checklist
One of the main points of contention between tenants and landlords is whose responsibilty it is to pay certain repairs. While most leases have a section related to this, I find that they are very generic and therefore...
Zulf H.
What equipment should we buy for winter season - Snow removal
Dear BP members:
Hope you are doing well. I recently purchased a commercial
property and also have a few multi units from before. In the past I was using a
company to do the snow removal ...
Angeline Rebottaro
Favorite wifi entry lock/ video doorbell?
I have some old posts saved but wanted to see if anything has changed in the tech before I buy. What's everyone's favorite keyless wifi lock and video doorbell? I like the idea of having a new code for each guest, may...