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Merritt Harris Hourly cleaners verses sub contractors
29 February 2024 | 8 replies

Hey folks, 
For the large management groups, have you brought cleaners in house and paid hourly verses using sub contractors?
At what point did you make this change and why? 

Sam Booth Bamboo Flooring - Replace or Fix?
7 April 2024 | 29 replies

So I just got a rental property under contract out of state in Alabama and the floors are 3 3/4 width x 9/16 bamboo. It's a B- class neighborhood.
Apparently there is some dog pee odor and some bad scratches in 2 of ...

Garrett Hogan Pet Urine on Hardwood Floors, Any Solution?
20 June 2015 | 17 replies

I will be closing on a property next week that was previously a rental for the past 8 years. The apartment smells horrible due to the tenant allowing her pets to urinate all over the place. Their was carpeting on top ...

Kenneth LaVoie Cat Urine Smell that refused to die
24 July 2019 | 8 replies

We've always been able to get rid of ANY odor, eventually, no matter how bad, even if it meant refinishing floors with six coats of poly with vinyl flooring over it! But we have a 2 BR unit that some mentally ill peop...

Hamp Gaston Making wood floors look good:
31 July 2009 | 7 replies

Besides refinishing a wood floor, what is the best way to make a wood floor "shine"? Is there a certain type of wax or something I can use? I am getting my unit prepped for the next tenant.

Jonathan Taylor Smith My First Duplex (from 12/2017) - Fire & Foundation Damaged
24 January 2020 | 0 replies

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Durham.

Purchase price: $85,000

Cash invested: $97,353

Duplex on Lee Street in Durham... Front (A) Unit had extensive fire...

Tom Keith Cleaning exterior rough cedar walls
14 August 2014 | 4 replies

hello All. I purchased home with a two stour addiction that has rough cedar exterior walls. The walls were left to the elements for some years and have turned almost black. I wondered if they can be cleaned with somet...

Marc Shin Inside mount or outside mount blinds?
14 December 2024 | 11 replies

I'm trying to decide between inside mount vs outside mount blinds for my STR. Any suggestions?  Also, where can I buy low cost blinds that are decent quality?

Sherry Norman Too expensive to get cedar shakes painted?
8 February 2016 | 3 replies

Hi everyone,I'm in the process of purchasing a house on short sale.  It is sided with natural cedar shakes.  Here in the damp-ish climate of NJ, the shakes turn an unattractive kind of black after years of weather exp...

Robert D. Dog urine in carpeting
14 September 2011 | 13 replies

Hey all so as im cleaning out one of my rentals i thought about something so excuse me if this diesnt turn out right. Doing this from my iphone. So in another thread i posted had a bad tenant. Long story, i have dog u...