I am in the middle of selling my current home and buying my new home. Things have been going pretty smooth aside from the fact that the buyers side have been a little more than needy in regards to this home. My home i...

We closed on it yesterday! It's a 2b/1b. It's a cute home I think. As you can see the kitchen was
gutted so we have to put new cabinets
and counters in. Also fridge/stove.
One thing we discovered today was the
cen...

Add this to the stories of nightmare tenants...My tenant was late on rent payments month after month. She ends up writing two bad checks in July, and not paying at all in August, then blocking my phone number. I evi...

Hi for all the landlord out there, I recently just had a tenant moved out because their lease is up and we no longer wanted to lease the apartment to them. When I inspected the apartment it is in a very bad shape - ca...

A cleaning service is being paid to clean the house after the moveout. It has been painted, and I cleaned the floor grout, and many of the tiles. I went in Wed AM with the glass man, and saw that the stove drip pans a...

Hey everyone,

I'm working on a blog post, called (tentatively)

"100 Tips for Selling Your House Faster, Easier, and For More Money."

I think I have like 6 ideas... so I have a ways to go. Can anyone offer their ...

Our property is in Lake County, IL and we are going through a 1st transition from 1st tenants to our 2nd ones. Tenants that moved out this month, left some damages behind (some repairable and some not) as well as didn...

Hello BP Sorry for the errors in advance, accidentally pressed post before I was ready. I'm renovating a kitchen and the cabinets did not turn out as expected. I brought the top cabinets and tried to save/salvage the ...

Looking to help from the BP community in figuring out how much of a security deposit I should hold back. I had tenants move out of a small studio apartment I have about 3 weeks ago. When I went to get the keys the apa...

Hello all, my name is Andrew Bitler. I am a small real estate investor with big problems. I recently joined a bunch of forums because there is an important issue I need to investigate. I am utterly confused about a ce...