A tenant just moved out and when I did the final walkthrough, there was a pet odor, but nothing too crazy.  I had my painter come in and paint (he is a personal friend) and I went in the next morning and the entire ho...

I am getting my primary condo rent ready. Unfortunately there was a cat incident while I was away, and I believe the awesome berber carpet I had will not recover - sad because it was three years old and probably would...

Hello fellow BP members,

I have a question in regards to selling my Condo.

Question: Should I replace my worn out carpet with new laminate floors before selling?

I’m currently in a hot market (Temecula, CA) for se...

 The unit has a very strong scent / odor that's been present and steadily becoming worse as more time passes.  I've decided that professional cleaning is the path forward and have been seeking bids that specialize in ...

I'm considering allowing pets (dogs only) at one of our listings to beef up the bookings and increase revenue (I hope). I've always been anti pets because I've seen what they can do and have cleaned up quite a few bac...

I'm turning tenants right now and the departing occupants have dripped wax into the carpet that was brand new before they moved in. I have two thoughts on this. 1) charge for my time to remove it, which was not 100% s...

I'm rehabbing an old house. I'm trying not to do a complete refinish of the floors. Two rooms with hard wood floors built at different years. The one has a nice shiny finish but the carpet pad left gooy spots. Goo go...

I bought an REO townhome that I just started work on.  Obviously they never bothered to walk their dogs.  I pulled out the old carpet and pad, which were still wet, and found that the subfloor is soaked as well.I read...

What does everyone do when they have an issue they can't attend to immediately?
For example
A/c condisation drain has a back up. That carpet gets wet three or four feet outside of door. Call a/c guy to fix a/c..then ...

My days of cleaning gutters on a two story building are long behind me. So I call around to have it done. A guy comes out, looks it over, paces off the building and says, "I'll send you a bid."I'm serious.Jesus...