I have a rental with an old ugly blue tub. Would you reglaze it or put a new one in? Going along with that, how about tiling the wall vs putting in a shower surround from Home Depot? Thinking I'm going to tile. More e...

Bought a triplex for $179k in May 2017 with 3 inherited tenants who paid monthly and were pleasant. Mortgage + insurance is $1100. Gross Income has been $2,075.Now I suddenly have two units vacant.  Unit C is a one be...

I spent many years as an industrial/architectural paint sales rep. I feel like I could answer and have probably dealt with most issues you encounter so please feel free to shoot me a message if I can ever help you out! 

I'm about 6 months out from having my house ready to rent. I live right next door and will be repainting, replacing flooring and doing some minor modifications.

My home will be a short term min 2 night stay max 1 mo...

Hello, Frequent visitor to this forum to learn about landlord for the last few years and have a few rental properties in DFW area. However, this time I need some feedback from other landlord. I understand that landlor...

Dear Pocketers,

How do you harden / bullet-proof your rentals?

While I've never had anyone utterly trash a rental of mine, I've seen the damage they can do first hand (typically when buying the rental and seeing ...

I have seen some that say carpet is the way to go in bedrooms, but others that say it is too expensive to replace and there are on-going costs of cleaning between tenants. Personally I have the tenants pay for cleanin...

I own 1 rental property in Sarasota, FL, I live in NYC. The home has well water and I hired a well maintenance company, the system has had some issues since they moved in. Every time water is restored within 24 hours,...

I know many landlords have gotten rid of most of their carpeting, but I'm still keeping it for the upstairs bedrooms, stairs, and for a living room downstairs. I've got tile in the rest of the house and hopefull...

I think even if I put in the lease, it is hard to monitor/enforce that.. How frequently do you require them to change the filter? every 3 month or every 1 month?

Thanks.