Hello Beautiful people of BP,So I had 3 tenants vacate at the end of last month.  One was evicted,  so no deposit return there,  the other two left after their leases ended.  One of the two left the apartment disgusti...

I purchased a home with renters in it, the lease was for two women and they signed an estoppel agreement stating such. When I inspected the home I found a boyfriend and dog living in my home. I was very concerned sinc...

Hey everyone, I belong to a local REI facebook group which recently had a discussion about carpet, do you buy cheap carpet and replace every time a tenant leaves? Or do you buy quality and hope for the best when you c...

I have a 3 bedroom condo that was rented out for 2 years to a tenant. After an inspection, I noticed that there is a strong smell of cigarette smoke. Now they have moved out, but the smell lingered. How do I get that ...

We have a tenant that leased for one year.  She had a no pet clause yet unbeknownst to us brought a cat in.  There were uncleaned litter box during an inspection.  We had a a broker present too.  The smell was terribl...

A tenant who leased her unit for over ten years recently passed away - the unit is in horrid condition. By horrid I mean that one of the extra bedrooms served as a puppy pen and now has a foot or two of poop on top of...

Hello, we recently had some tenants move out that had lived in our property for 3 years.  We had initially collected the security deposit from them for $700.00.  Upon moving out and during our final walk through we fo...

I'm getting ready to rent out my first home (hurray), but I have some moderately used carpet, and a moderately sturdy swing set.  Should I replace the carpet and remove the swing set before tenants move in?  Are there...

This is for our personal home. We are re-carpeting our family room that was occupied by our Sidney. He was a Boston who had issues later in life, including incontinence. Sadly, he has been gone for a while, and we are...

I had two tenants move out and they cleaned everything besides the oven. So I cleaned that and deep cleaned the carpet. How much would you take from their security deposit for both of those? The carpet is only in two ...