Gary Campanaro
Housekeeping holiday pay
Hi Bigger Pocket Members, I have a 2bed/2bath,1200sq ft. log cabin in Maggie Valley, NC. I pay my house keepers $36/hr to clean the cabin which usually averages 3 hours per cleaning. I stay rented with maybe 9 to 10 ...
Sean Wilt
Lower rent higher cleaning fee or higher rent lower cleaning fee?
Question. I'm thinking higher daily rent with a lower cleaning fee is best? Say $400/night as an example with $150 cleaning fee which would be the going rate in my area so cleaning fee would essentially be a pass th...
Morgan Porter
5 Tenants. 1 Lease. Only 2 Clean for Move Out
I have a single family house that I rent to students. It’s always one group lease. I never rent by the room. I just had 5 girls in the house for 1 year and the lease was up. I was contacted by 2 of the 5 claiming the ...
Walter C.
dirty and uneducated tenant
Has anyone experienced a tenant who is very uneducated? I am currently dealing with one, and now, the issue is going to be on cleaning up the apartment. And I mean, really clean it up, as the pest problem has gotten r...
Nikoo N.
Landlord responsibility broken glass
My tenant says that her glass shower door shattered out of no where when no one was in the bathroom (this is the second time in one year). I do not know how glass breaks with no point of contact but that is beside the...
Kyle Smith
STR operating expenses
I have a spreadsheet I've developed for my STR and have been using 20-28% for a management company to manage the cleaning, booking, and maintenance. However, after doing some reading here I am leaning on doing the bo...
Ryan Phillips
Security Deposit, the age old quesion of how much to deduct.
My tenants lived in the home for just 11 months. (Thank God) While preparing for us to move back in as the primary residents, we scheduled to have the floors of the entire home redone with wood. So we told them not ...
Chuck Patel
STR COMPETITION THROUGH CLEANING FEES!
iN THIS COMPETATIVE MARKET I SEE QUITE A FEW FOLKS CHARGING A LOW CLEANING FEE TO NO FEE AT ALL. TO ME IT SEEMS YOU ARE BUYING A JOB AS A HOUSEKEEPER. I AM IN A SMALLER MARKET IN GEORGIA AND IN THE PAST YEAR MULTIPL...
Tariq B.
Baltimore Section 8 Inspector Results.
I am frustrated. Once again I feel defeated by the awful inspection system of Baltimore City.I just had one of my units inspected and it failed for the most subjective items. Such as:Paint walls in basement laundry ro...
Ibiene Solomon-Zacchaeus
Introduction of New Member
Hello my name is Ibiene and I am new to BiggerPockets. Looking forward to connect with resources individuals and also offer my services as a Short Term Rental Expert and a Virtual Assistant. Thank you