Lisa Richardson
Can I deduct appliance repairs from tenant deposit
Can I charge my tenant for repairs to the dishwasher because they used regular dish soap instead of dishwaster detergent? The dishwasher was brand new when they moved in 2 years ago.
I have a second property that ...
Brooke Tomasetti
Question: Disable or replace mortise locks?
One of my units has mortise/skeleton key locks/knobs on the bedrooms. We don't have the keys to these old locks, and my tenants say that the doors have locked before, which is a concern (for obvious reasons!). I'd lik...
Tom Olszewski
Glass Block Window Replacement
Does anyone or have experience with replacing a glass block window? We have one that is leaking and I've never done one and would really like to have someone replace it. The house is in Ypsilanti, so close to Livon...
Angelique Kelly
Tenant refuses to pay pet rabbit damages.
My last tenant had three pet rabbits that she let run free through out the house. It wasn't until we had hired a house inspector to do a routine evaluation that we realized how much damage her pets had done. The bas...
Mark Caragio
AMT eats up suspended passive losses?
After a 1031 exchange, my replacement properties are now generating taxable income. These gains are offset in regular taxes by passive loss carry forwards, and not taxed until I run out of these carry forwards (I bel...
Steven J.
House flipping time needed?
I'm starting to research rehabbing more and I'd like to understand the process a bit more in depth. I feel I have a decent understanding of how to run the numbers (you get better with it through experience) and I und...
Amita M.
Renovating a condo with walk in ( medical type) bathtub
Guys I am closing a condo within a week and this condo has walk in bath tub (medical type) upstairs and a walk in shower downstairs, I will be renovating it because it needs a lot of work. My options are:
1) keep...
Efi Shabtai
Replacement Costs
Hello all,Does anyone have a sense of what are total replacement costs for a SFR for certain markets? I guess just kind of a rule of thumb per state or major city would be interesting to know. Also, since constructio...
John K.
Carpet Depreciation
I have a duplex I just purchased (as a foreclosure), one of the tenants has two dogs and we agreed to let that tenant keep the pets since they are a long term tenant and have kept the place in reasonable (but not grea...
Cynthia Ackley
Property Guardian vs Property Management Company
After many years of working in the property management and real estate sectors I am looking to get out of the management office and more into the field of providing a regular maintenance/property guardian service. The...