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My buddy's girlfriend lives in a 4-plex. They recently realized she has bedbugs in her bedroom. She immediately called the landlord to report the issue and the landlord scheduled pest control to take a look the next...

Hi all-got a landlord question. I rent a single family home-we actually lived in the house, up til 2.5 years ago. Had a nice family move in when we moved out, and they had no pest issues for 2 years. A new tenant move...

A current tenant will be moving out next month and I'm excited to get the unit ready and have it rented out at the current market value.  I heard in the past that a land lord can have the new tenant sign a form which ...

OK I don't see a post answering this questions, either on BP or on the web.  Help!I'm checking out a tenant and he did an amazing job cleaning.  The place looks GREAT in every way.  But there is a big roach problem th...

My tenant called and said "we have cockroaches, can you call a pest controller?" I obviously want them gone...but who should pay? 

hi have an issue that maybe another landlord has some experience with. I have a 4 unit I owned for over two years with no bed bug issues now I had a resident complain of them I inspected and found it to be true so I i...

I'm under contract for a fully occupied multifamily property in Chicago. I'm just learning that all the units have bed bugs. I have never dealt with bed bug before. How big of a problem is this. This is a 5 unit prope...

I am a landlord of a single family house in New Jersey. For the last two months, I've been battling some drain flies in this property. I called several pest control companies and they basically told me upfront that th...

I have one tenant keep reporting bed bugs, approximately every 2 months. The first time, we sent pest control company, the company found there are few bed bugs in the sofa and did the spray. She visited the other apt ...