Looking to get advice from other landlords on a "situation" I've found myself in. I have a portfolio of five duplexes with constant plumbing issues. Some weeks are better than others, but this week alone I've had sewe...

Hi all,We have a 9 units retails and as of now there is 1 vacant (which should be filled up soon).  From time to time we had complaints from existing tenants that there was foul smell inside of their occupied units (o...

One of the tenants in my duplex poured a tray of lasagna down the toilet resulting in sewage backup and $450 worth of remediation. Impossible to determine which unit is responsible and both deny they did this. Do I ta...

I’m relieved the eviction went smoothly, the thieving tenants were gone but left a literal ton of items.
They got 3 months free rent and owe me for expense of disposing their junk and making property rent ready. Its ...

Posting this for a friend who owns a 7-unit building in Chicago.  He's noticed very high water bills in the last year, including the most recent one for $6500. Finally it was determined that there is a leak in the wat...

I have two duplexes in Cleveland and the water/sewer bills are really crushing my cash flow.  I looked into the hourly usage and can find patterns in what I'm confident are toilet flushes.  I'm seeing 7.5 gallons per ...

Hello, I've been reading BP for several months now and I'm finally ready to jump in. I would like to start obtaining capital by wholesaling to buy and hold SFR and eventually MFU. I'm trying to build a website and saw...

We recently got a new roof put on and ever since, all 4 of our skylights have been leaking. They are old and were fogged up but they hadn't leaked a single time until we got the new roof put on. Roofer came back out a...

What does your rental cycle look like? Rental rates are increasing in my market and I'm experimenting with raising rent as I fill vacancies, but I'm wondering if I've reached the top. I have a tenant moving out at the...

Hi, all-- We had an issue with one of our rental properties regarding the brand-new toilet that we installed about 3 months ago. We suspect foreign objects (feminine products, q-tips, makeup remover cloths, etc.) may ...