Aline Brunson
Section 8 tenant might have abandoned our property
Hello. I am a first time investor and purchased my first rental property last March with a section 8 tenant already in the property. Our tenant is 2 months behind on rent but HUD housing is paying their part which cov...
Emily Allen
Electrical Permit Question
Hello! I have a specific question about pulling electrical permit. I'm working on a rehab. Power in the house has been disconnected for 4+ years and Georgia Power has removed the line going from the house to the stree...
Lisa Mason
How to handle an "emergency" service call?
Greetings, and thanks in advance for any advice.So, I had a tenant with an emergency- she got home from work and her furnace fan was not blowing. We live in MN and it's winter so heat is a necessity. It's is a tenant ...
E.S. Burrell
Tenants want LL to pay for their broken TV
Hi AllTenants lost power throughout the house. Electrician was called to investigate the problem. He said there was a power surge and got the lights working. The furnace quit working. My furnace guy said that the fur...
Kamran Rahman
Looking for a reliable Electrician in Greater Seattle
This week, my condo seems to have stopped serving electricity to a couple of the bedrooms. Other parts of the unit are still receiving power. I am thinking I will need an electrician to come take a look, so I’d like t...
Thomas Dahl
Need Info on getting a power company to move the neighbors servic
A house I bought in west Virginia has the neighbors power service above ground running directly over my garage and it rubs on my roof. The neighbors house is a rental from a slum lord and making his life harder while...
Robert Carter
Power outage during a storm
Never encountered anything like this before so this should be a good learning experience. Guest reached out to me to let me know there isn’t any power in the house. I’m sure due to the Tropical storm we are experienci...
Tim Coppola
Sump pump backups
I bought my first property earlier this year in Chicago and it has a sump pump in the basement unit. Being that this is my first property and I have never dealt with sump pumps before I had someone come out and look a...
Larry P.
Saved on plumbing and AC service call bills
Recently I picked up a "Power Plunger" (Item#99644) for $5.95 on sale and a 25' drain cleaner (Item#66262) on sale for $11.99 at Harbor Freight. These two items were recommended to me by another investor as good to h...
Courtney Nguyen
How often do you pressure wash exterior/parking lot of your commercial property?
Hi BP community,I manage a multi-tenant retail strip (9 units). The property is fairly new (4 years old). I am seeing some black spots in sidewalks, curbs, some dirt built up in parking lot so I am thinking it's tim...