Has anyone ever restored a fire damaged building? Seems like a total teardown but just curious about experiences others have had. Also, interested in finding out about special government grants for projects like ...

I'm in the process of renovating my latest rental house.  I've been thinking about Smart-Home features which would be beneficial to a landlord as opposed to wiz-bang cool features to attract tenants. Specifically, I'm...

Hi. I am a live-in landlord to a 2-unit here. I suspect my tenant is smoking cigarettes in the unit below. It is a high end rental, and I planned to move in eventually, so I cannot tolerate this.I added a 'no smoking ...

Hello BP!  I own/manage real estate in San Diego, California.  I have a condo where my lease agreement clearly states no smoking.  I went into the unit twice in the past couple weeks for showings and both times it had...

Hey Guys I need some advice!

Good tenant looks to have moved someone into the left side of the duplex we live in without telling us. We see the Car there everyday and night and the new person brought me last months ...

Hello again,I am managing a rental apartment property in California. The property is somewhat run-down i.e. In need of paint and landscaping. The landlord has been charging  approximately a much lower rent than that o...

My lease says the house does not permit smoking in the house.  After entering the house at the request of the tenants for some basic maintenance I find cigarette ash trays, hookah pipes and water bongs.  All of these ...

Hi, so the house my friend has been living in in Los Angeles area has a First Alert P1210 smoke/fire alarm that started chirping in the middle of the night. It's supposed to be one of these 10 year battery life type a...

Any tips on how to get cigarette smell out of house? I don’t smell it but a lot of potential buyers say they can and it’s not a good first impression. I think it must be in the carpet...maybe removing is the best bet....

Hi all. Hoping I can get advice on how to eliminate strong smoke odors in a bathroom.

We repainted the bath, cleaned out the bath ventilation fan, pretty much addressed anything that we could cosmetically.

Also tr...