Hello BP members. Recently I purchased a new rental that was distressed to say the least. I purchased the property from a landlord who was just burned out. His tenant went on a drug/drinking binge and he and locked hi...

Hello all, my wife and I recently got the following email from one of our rental properties.Per the advice from our Property Manager, we are pretty sure we are going to let them out of the lease, move them out as soon...

I am on the opposite side of the court with this question. I am asking as a tenant, not a landlord.I rent an apartment and was on a 6 month lease that just expired. The landlord gave me a new 3 month lease to sign.The...

Hi I purchased my first triplex fully rented in Philadelphia.  Currently all of the units are carpeted.  Once the tenants move out would laminate flooring be ideal or vinyl?  I see an equal amount of comments for eith...

I just bought this building last month. My twenty something year old tenant had 2 unapproved cats and her apartment smelled horrible. I sent her a letter to get rid of the cats. She decided to give her notice and move...

Advice please? We are having a disagreement with a tenant who does not think the fees we plan to take from their deposit are fair or reasonable.  At first they intended to only pay a $75 cleaning fee and refused to pa...

Can a private, individual landlord (who only has 1 rental unit) deduct cleaning fees for normal wear-and-tear from a security deposit at the end of a lease? Deposit was $650. Interest accrued = $3.90 for a total of 65...

For National Commercial Tenants, do you wait till they contact you at their required 6mos notice date or do you as a landlord, contact them to ask them what they plan to do 7-8months out from lease ends?

Here we go again....are there any landlords out there who actually follow the rules?!? I think I'm a pretty good tenant and yet I'm always getting screwed.

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I hired a Property Management (PM) firm 5 years ago.  I've been paying them $135 per month for their 'services'.  Got an e-mail from zillow.com that my house was up for rent.  Contacted PM company and they tell me tha...