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Greetings,First time landlord here who decided to utilize a property management team since I am military and won't be in the local area to oversea operations. I chose one because their contract that I signed with the...
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I have an SFR rental (in California) that is sustaining damage from the current renters and I am interested in feedback as to how to proceed with one of the issues.The house had beautiful maple hardwood floors when it...
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Good morning, BP Community. I have been reading the forums about allowing tenants with pets. It seems the community is about a 50/50 split between allowing pets in rentals or not. I was originally leaning towards a...
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We have a larger rental home in TX that was built 2017. In August 2018, we had epoxy flooring installed in the 3 car garage. In November we vacated the property and had the place professionally cleaned. Property was v...
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VRBO's are they a good way to maximize a properties returns? I have 2 very nice properties under contract. One has a main home, 3k sq ft with a 1 bedroom cottage, a 2 bedroom cottage & an efficiency apt. The other...
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I'm in a debate with my PM over the following scenario and I'm looking for some opinions.Tenants move out and property requires $500 in repairs (beyond wear and tear). PM has the work done and charges $500 against th...
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I put in a new basement carpet a bit over 10 years ago. I have had a couple different tenants since, the last for 6 years. When they moved out the carpet was pretty shot...but it is 10 years old. The entire house (3br...
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I have hard time finding a good vacation rental cleaning company in North Jersey.I called people on craigslist but the prices are quite high. In my area hosts are charging 25-50 dollars for cleaning. I didn't find nob...
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As the title reads, what’s the best platforms the BP community recommends for collecting rent, screening tenants, and anything else needed.
Do you all charge application fees? Refundable or non-refundable?