Cigarette smoke can be a big problem in a lot of homes. While I'm sure it is not nearly as bad as it used to be, getting rid of the scent can be a massive pain. Recently a client of mine expressed interest in a small ...

My lease is fairly comprehensive and among other things, it explicitly prohibits nailing and drilling into ceiling joists in unfinished basements and garages. I also emphasize this rule when going over the lease with ...

I became a landlord for the first time earlier this year and made a stupid mistake: I rented my house to two adult smokers and did nott include a "no smoking" clause in the lease. The renters are otherwise very ni...

Hello. New member here although been listening to BP for over a year now. I purchased my first rental property(single family) a couple months ago.  Every time the tenants turn off the central AC unit , a really bad sm...

Is your housekeeper responsible for changing out air conditioner filters?  Any other monthly tidying they are or are not responsible for? 

Hello, We own 17 houses both single family and multi-unit with 30 "doors." We are looking for a maintenance app that will allow us to upload and track maintenance done at each unit as well as set up future reminders s...

I had the floors replaced at one of my rentals.  Tiles had to be removed which created a lot of dust.  My contractor's workers had the AC at 69 and it stopped working.  Repairman said it was the capacitor -so possibly...

I have a house that I rented to college students for the past 3-4 years... The general experience has been good, as these students usually find replacement roommate when they graduate, so I never had any vacancy for y...

I am in search of and probably should have been using a "tenant handbook" for the last 13 years but I haven't.

Does anyone use something like this?
FAQ's
What to do what not to do.
Call me for this
Etc.
Any help w...

Hi BP Team - hope everyone had a great holiday :)Doing my yearly lease update for my current tenant in Bergen County NJ and wanted to get someone's take on adding additional jargon pertaining to "house maintenance". I...