Water heater was old and developed a sulfur smell in hot water...affected shower and laundry.Replaced water heater (new).Tenant complained that water still smelled bad, so had her flush the bathroom, kitchen and washi...

The realtor I use in my investment town is a good friend of my father in-law.  The plus side is he's VERY honest on deals.  Case in point on a house I asked about this week:"Please forgive my comment but this place is...

Looking at a 1950 4/2 bungalow REO.  Realtor tells me there's an "unholy smell" like he's never experienced inside the house.  They believe the main sewer pipe may have cracked inside the crawl. I also notice from the...

I was showing a duplex to a buyer client yesterday.  The property has town water.  On one side (occupied) the water looks and smells normal.On the other side (vacant for some time), the tap water has a very strong sul...

Hey guys, I was wondering if any of you had experienced something similar to what we're experiencing over here.

We painted over a smelly basement floor with regular, white Kilz. The following day, I went over to see...

I'm looking at a potential flip property that I might decide to BRRRR. Currently there are about 5 dogs inside and it smells like pet urine and poo all throughout the house, but mostly upstairs, which is all carpet. O...

One of the units I recently closed on is in need of some touch up work.  It is now vacant, but the previous tenants lived there for over a decade and had no concept of personal hygiene.  I don't think they ever bother...

Short version of long story: tenants purchased their own house in March but stayed in my SFH while they renovated their place. Lease was to expire June 25th. Skipping over the details, they requested a month's extens...

I own a townhome, that has an attached wall with another townhome. This townhome was built in 1971, so the wall between the units are not insulated very well. The tenants that live in the unit next to mine, are landlo...

Welcome to our Question of the Week! We have a lot of people who are entering the world of real estate investment who could use your wisdom. When evaluating a property, what are your automatic no or exclusion list ite...