I recently purchased a multi tenant business office building. One tenant who has been there for 15 years emailed me stating that his carpets are worn down, always look dirty, and have some areas of balding. He wants m...

We bought a used carpet cleaner and my wife spends a lot of time going over and over the carpets that are already in the rental house we bought. She eventually gets them looking pretty clean except for the most recen...

I have my first tenant turnover in 5 years and I would like some thoughts as I move forward.  First, prior to the tenant occupying the property, this house was majorly rehabbed with new carpeting in living room, new l...

I guess I made a few mistakes my first time out. I did not take the full deposit the first month. The tenet said they would pay it by second month, well no deposit but the full month rent. So i took the rent and ap...

Two years ago, my tenant's lease was ending and I gave her the proper notification (60 days notice) and wrote her explaining there was an move out inspection (at the time I didn't know you were only suppose to ask) an...

I purchased my first real rental this weekend and it has a terrible cat urine smell throughout the house. I am have ripped up the carpet, and padding to find old linoleum flooring on top of the subfloor. Has anyone us...

I just had a tenant move out of one of the units in my duplexes (in Kansas City if that matters), and it looks like there is some repair work that needs to be done on the cabinets, paint, carpet, door handles, etc.Whi...

My tenant who spent the last 12 years occupying my rental finally moved out along with her 2 small dogs. Well I knew the floor was going to be bad after the horrible urine smell that was left in the unit. Removing the...

I've been renting a house for awhile.. years actually.. and it has every problem you can think of.. mostly rats and bugs because theres holes and cracks in the doors and places in carpet where mice or rats been gettin...

We manage some rental properties for distant owners. One of our tenants trashed a place pretty bad. No physical damage, but let the dogs poop everywhere and ruined the carpet. Owner thinks our professional liabilit...