We signed a lease and gave the landlord our deposit. It was cashed and we met her the day/night of move in (with our moving pod ready to be unloaded); only to find the home still in poor condition.  We honestly felt ...

For rental to be in same condition when rented by tenants, I will need to: touch-up paint, clean house, wash windows, clean carpet. Can ALL of this be subtracted from tenant's deposit? They left the place in great sha...

This is regarding a question re-hashed many times over on these forums, but I wanted to ask it again in the context of this property. 
I have a 2 Bed, 2 Bath property with wood floors, so the main concern with dogs i...

Recently received a hefty cleaning fee, being taken out of our deposit. We were renting a 3 bedroom, 1 level house. Half of it was hardwood, the other half carpet. We were charged $109 for the carpet cleaning (per our...

Whether you're an avid investor or just getting started, below is a list of connections I recommend saving in your phone, if they're not there already. We not only shared this list at last month's AVID Investors meeti...

     I recently bought a house  for a rental. We noticed a smell when walking through the property that was something like mildew. The house was owned by an elderly couple and after the owners passed away it sat empty...

I recently had a long term tenant move out. They had dogs, and the carpet is really smelling doggy now. The carpet has been cleaned by commercial cleaners (they actually cleaned it one day, I came to check out the p...

I just got my carpets cleaned in my first property. This is the 1st time I’ve ever had carpets cleaned so I’m not sure if this guy did a good job or not. There are real obvious clean streaks but then spots where that ...

Hello all,I just now found a really useful article online. I'm sure that almost all of us have carpets in our home and most of us have cleaning issues. It is really difficult to clean few stains off the carpet. Here i...

I woke up this morning to the sound of someone banging my door. Turns out it was an old/ex tenant that moved out earlier this month. He was upset to find out via mail that he is not receiving any of his security depos...