Sinan M.
Rain runoff from upper neighbour
Hi everyone,I need your help to try and understand my options. I have a tenant who is complaining about water coming from his upper neighbour (mainly when it rains). As you can see in the pictures, it comes under the ...
Kimberley P.
California landlords - use of video cameras when showing property
Is it legal to have a video camera in my vacant rental property when I'm showing it? Does it have to be within view or can it be hidden? I am not trying to spy on people, I am a woman showing vacant single family ho...
Mandy Groom
Short Term Rentals/Airbnb Laws in the Tampa Bay and Beach Areas
Greetings,I have a few questions regarding short term rentals in the Tampa Bay area. Upon doing some research, I've realized that there is a ton of conflicting information out there and I'm looking for some clarificat...
Wesley Myers
Pool safety and STR’s
Our pool is about to be done here in FL. Want to make sure we have all the boxes checked safety wise before we open it up this season. A few questions. Are you using alarms on your doors that lead outside to the pool?...
Kyle Haney
Tenant Will Not Vacate Property After Fire
Hi Biggerpockets,
I recently had a tenant that caused a fire by knowingly leaving their apartment while she had items on the stove with the burners on. While they was gone, one of the items they had on the stove cau...
Steven Cherry
Tenant wants storm door replaced immediately
Hi all. I am a relatively new landlord and have a question. The storm door is jammed on one of my rentals and will not open at all. The tenant wants this replaced immediately (I also know that they wanted a new sto...
Justin Case
City Inspection Required in Seattle
Law just past today that in 2014 rentals will need to be inspected by the city of Seattle. All rights in this area are for covering tenants.
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019316566_rentals02m.html
Saika Maeda
ADU permit or not; financial implications
Hi all, I’m almost in escrow with this single family home in LA with an un-permitted large ADU with a Certificate of occupancy. An architect told me that even though ADUs should not be bigger than 50% of the main hous...
Matt Shields
Do You Provide Carbon Monoxide Detectors?
Here in Arizona, we had four members of a family killed by carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty heater in a cabin near Flagstaff. Do you provide CO detectors for your rentals?Family of 4 found dead in cabin from po...
Hanna Minkin
Tenant has 1 year old baby and wants me to put a lid
Tenant has 1 year old baby and wants me to put a lid to close toilet so baby cant put toys there. Is it really my responsibility?