Dana R.
Deducting Security Deposit for non- broken Blinds?
The tenant that moved out had a baby and I guess they must have tried to baby proof the home. I understand that that dangling cords are a concern, but what they did to the cord blinds was ridiculous:They knotted and t...
Andrea Nielson
Cleaning Checks for Student Housing
We just closed on our first rental property. It is one block from the college in our town. We are planning on renting it out by the room to college students. When I went to school we had to pass monthly cleaning ch...
Daniel Baran
Shopping List for Furnishing Airbnb & General To-Do List
Hi All - I am closing on my first property in Denver, CO and am wondering if folks could point me to any good resources on comprehensive lists for furnishing a completely bare short term rental unit. This is a SFH and...
Kyle McVay
Leaving Reviews for STR owners
We are LTR folks and we recently stayed at an STR in Austin, TX on a getaway. The pictures of the STR were deceptive and the house was dirty (we found dip, a used pregnancy test on the floor by bathroom trashcan, floo...
Pamela M.
Tenant vacates property before december 1 without notice. Lease is till August 2025
Hi all,This is insane. I have rented my house out for almost 7 years and this is the first time a tenant who rented my house, leaves out of no where. Actually there is more to it though. A month back he asked me to ad...
Naji Boutros
Security Deposit Aftermath
I've had a great relationship with every one of my tenants, except for one. We'll call her Sally. Despite my best efforts, Sally was just not happy with me as her landlord. If I'm being 100% honest, I didn't like her ...
Enyi Ajoku
New Tenants have unauthorized Pets
I just recently renter my apartment to a lady (25) and fiancee (21) less than 2 weeks ago. In her signed rental application form she stated she didn't own a pet. on the rental application form states that your lease c...
Sean Ezeamama
Expecting push back on rent payment, what to do?
Hi Guys,
Happy holidays - I'm a very new landlord in Philly (about 1/2 a year) in and I'm expecting 1 of 3 units to push back on paying rent this month.
The backstory is: Last month, (I wish I could make this up...
Account Closed
Do your cleaners issue you an invoice?
Hi BPers,I'm in the processing of hiring my cleaner for my first property. Does your house cleaner normally give you an invoice after every clean? Probably for your records, it would make sense to have invoices for al...
Clint Cook
Property Managment Fees for Vacation Rentals
I'm a newbie, who is looking to start with a buy and hold of vacation rentals. Being my first time, I've got a ton of things to figure out. One of them is property management fees. Property management fees seems ...