Joshua Kohl
Real estate expense write off?
I purchase a rainbow vacuum cleaner earlier this year (february) and won’t close on a property until mid November. Am I still able to write this off as an expense?
Conner Olsen
Tick and Flea Infestation
I have a STR horror story to share today. I manage someone's STR in Austin and a mother kitten got into their crawl space and gave birth beneath the house to 6 kittens. The guests found the kittens, brought them insid...
Kel S
Ugent - Cleaned carpets and now it smells!
My husband and I cleaned the carpets in one of the houses day before yesterday. We couldn't leave the windows open to help air it out due to thunderstorms here. Hubby goes over this afternoon and said the smell hit hi...
Mike Franco
tenant 'cleaned' carpet herself. Would you charge for a pro?
I just love when tenants get all hostile when it's time to move out and their security deposit is on the line.
Would you charge for carpet cleaning in this case?
Tenant lived in the house for 4 whole years. I know t...
Chris McKenna
Cleaning & Maintenance Fees in Remote Market
Hello -
I have just one listing with hopefully another being added next month. They are in a remote town in Maine. I currently use Vacasa and am moving away from that to manage myself. I am in Texas. I found people ...
Oleg Gorenko
Depreciation of a house rented once for several months
I bought a house 5 years ago. Did a lot of DIY home remodeling for 3+years.Finally I rented it for 5 months last year.Preparing tax return using FreeTaxUSA. 1. Should I put things like a new Rug, broken table and brok...
Matt Laird
Bamboo Floors
I have 2500 sq./ft. of Shaw bamboo flooring in a house. It was cleaned using Murphy's oil soap, causing a film on it. It also has several scratches, basically needs to be refinished. Anyone know how to proceed in t...
Douglas Krofcheck
Central Vacuum in 4-plex?
I've been looking to start investing by house hacking a 4 unit multi-family and I've always wanted to have a filterless central vacuum system (wikipedia). Do you guys think it would turn into a maintenance nightmare ...
Jason A.
Anybody notice this about messy tenants?
I've had to clean-up after several different departed tenants. I've noticed the same items left behind in just about all of them. They always seem to leave a broom and/or a vacuum cleaner. It's odd because often the p...
Joelle Mbatchou
Airbnb cleaning services
Hi,This is my first time posting here! I recently started renting out one unit in a building I bought during COVID on Airbnb and am looking to hire a cleaning service (I have setup all the other processes to be nearly...