Mark Garza
Being sued by tenants in Texas
Hello,Me and my wife own a condo in Texas. Our tenants moved out on May 31st, and left the place in bad condition. Dirty floors, dirty stove, etc. Before moving in last July, we asked them for a $900 deposit.We agreed...
Cameron Skinner
What's you best War Story
Mine has to be when I rented to the manger of the Bottle Stoper, a local bar whose moto is "if you don't have a gun or a knife will issue one at the door." I was young and dumb at the time and she showed up with 4 mon...
Matt M.
Opinions of no-smoking and no-pets?
I'm really on the wall about this one, because lots of people smoke (eww... absolutely hate it...), and lots of people have pets and refuse to separate from them. And I think not allowing those 2 might narrow my poten...
Matt Rasich
Your thought on the security deposit
Hi guys. My name is Matt and currently my wife and I have been living at the same apartment in Chicago for 3 years -- never late on rent. Long story short: My landlord raised the rent by $40 year two and $60 year thre...
Kenneth Hynes
Old Wood floors - Replace - refinish ? Keep ?
Doing a live in BRRR of a two unit and ripping up the old green shag carpet . Inspecting the wood floors beneath - Do you think these can be saved , or just replace
with LVP flooring ? The house will ...
John Matthew Johnston
They're drawing on my Cabinets!!!
My first rental is a B class SFR, Rent 1500/month. I put all new finishes and it LOOKED really nice. I went to do my first rental inspection after 5-6 months( while doing a walk through with an appraisal company to BR...
Maggie Cohle
Security Deposit Return - Reasonable?
Hi, I'm a new landlord renting out my townhouse and I've just provided my first tenants with their accounting of the security deposit. The tenants are upset because of the amount I've withheld. Here are the basic fa...
Deborah R.
How should I handle repair while tenant lives there?
We bought our 2nd rental a few months back. Shortly after moving in, tenant noticed a wet spot on the carpet. Turned out that the master shower was leaking. Plumber had to cut open some dry wall to fix it. Repairi...
Atwan Kwan
Pays Rent!...... but loves cats.....
My tenant has been with us for a year and a half. Rent is about 15% over market with a rent increase 6 months ago and they haven't missed!HOWEVER ...... when I sent a contractor over for a few minor violations (smok...
Jinyu D.
New to BP, new to US
Hi everyone, I'm so glad to find BP when I was searching for real estate podcast. It is such a great community to connect with the like-minded people and learn from other people's experience. I'm originally from China...