We just turned an apartment previously occupied by a heavy smoker.  We primed and repainted the whole place and washed the carpet (tide and bleach) but there is still a smoke smell probably from the carpet (and maybe ...

I'm currently evaluating a 3 unit multi use building. Two apartments and one retail space on the main floor (barber shop) all units currently rented. It's in a very nice area of town where there are very few closed bu...

Do you guys pay to get popcorn ceilings with asbestos removed? or do you guys do it yourself?Is there any advantage or benefit to having it done professionally and providing paperwork to an appraiser during a re-appra...

I just paid $320 + tax for a plumber to spend 2 hours to clean out a kitchen clog at a tenant's apartment. The clog was like 5' deep and evening causing backup to the vacant unit on the other side.Do you, landlord or ...

Our rental property is a very well kept, historic home, built in 1924, located outside of Seattle.  We moved our current tenants in October 2014.  Within 4 days, they (the wife, in particular) had caused $12K in plumb...

Has anyone heard of or used the EnviroTabs (http://www.envirotabs.com/) which claim to to a whole lot - from increasing the MPG by 18% to reducing emissions?
Sounds too good to be true - maybe it is?..

Any thoughts?....

I want to preface this by saying we've been Airbnb hosts for almost 2 years, and this is the first time we have had a huge problem like this.  For the past two nights we have had people staying in our basement which i...

I’m currently building a pool cabin in Gatlinburg and I’m interested in some opinions regarding indoor pool flooring options.  I will be pouring the pool floor next week and I had originally considered stamped concret...

By my calculations we've assisted nearly two dozen out of state or area investors acquire, furnish and launch vacation rentals on the Oregon Coast the past two years. The typical investor profile is GenX or millennial...

Hello, I'm about to furnish a house and put it on Airbnb...in the podcast about Airbnb, she mentioned her house rules... just wondering if anyone had a good list of house rules they'd like to share, or if we as a grou...