Jill Buhrfiend
Cheap way to dump construction debris - Western Suburbs
Hi BPers - I'm looking for an inexpensive way to dump some construction debris from a rehab project I have in progress. I used to use a contractor who could fill the flat bed of his pick-up and dump it for $75 (in th...
Jehanzeb Beg
City violation - Sanitation
City of Chicago sent a violation notice for garbage overflowing…As a landlord and former resident of the property, I know the tenants don’t necessarily are responsible for this. Building next to mine always has tenant...
Michael Temple
Garbage Cans Destoyed Need Replaced
So, I have a new interesting issue that came up at one of my properties overnight. Our city contracts with a private company to pick up garbage. The city charges a fee in the property taxes for this service. That comp...
Ludmila M.
Help dealing with a neighbor throwing junk into my yard
We bought a rental property a month ago, and we want to be friends with all the neighbors. But - a neighbor that borders our lot along the back line has been throwing her trash (large items) into our yard. While we d...
Sam Faas
Dumping/trash in the back alley
I have a SFH vacancy that has a back alley. Each time I go by, someone seems to have dumped more trash there. I have installed the fake cameras and plenty of signage but that doesn’t seem to deter whoever is throwin...
Chase London
Property Clean Outs??
I found a gem I believe in Gary and I'll be closing on it this week. 30 min from my business in Chicago. 1,000sf home on a 1950sf plot.3 bed 2 bath wit not 1 but (2) Two car Garages along with wide side driveway. Mayb...
Marc Ramsay
One of the joys of property ownership!
So I get an email from my maintenance guy with a photo of a large pile of garbage that was dumped on my MF property by some scumbag who was too lazy and too cheap to take it to the dump himself.
This i...
Account Closed
Do your tenants leave garbage behind?
I have had tenants leave a mess behind, but fortunately none has been as bad as this tenant from Australia. Check out the video. I hope no one has had any issues quite this bad.
http://tvnz.co.nz/close-up/landlord-...
Mike Adams
Did we charge too much?
I think, for the amount of work and time that the team was there, it was fair, but here's the story.We took over a large home a couple of months ago. They had a cleaner come a couple times, but the couple lived, well,...
Todd Nadeau
Foreclosure - Seller buried huge quantities garbage on property
I recently bought a [Federal Agency] foreclosed property. The property is on a huge city lot (small acreage) and was a "hoarder" house, and according to the agent, the bid for the external cleanup was substantial, bu...