Greg Tudor
Strange request by person renting out my home
I'm currently paying mortgage on a home and have decided to rent it out , the renters have been there are year and it is now time to resign the contract. The renters stated specific conditions for the renewal , one o...
Gurjot Grewal
About to close on my first deal. Just had a sewer scope done. Is this a concern ?
77 feet, cast iron and clay pipe. Home is built in 1952 on a slab. Findings are "Typical Root Intrusion", "Openings or inconsistencies noted in sewer line, signs of settling" recommendations are regular inspection and...
Brian Tustin
Seasonal Vacation Rentals & 28% Management Fees
I'm working on purchasing a vacation rental in my hometown that is very seasonal, approximately 9 weeks of solid summer bookings and intermittent bookings throughout the shoulder spring/fall months. One of the compani...
Mark Forest
Stove cleaning
I am at work, but my wife just called and said she put in several hours at one of our new properties cleaning the oven and stove. It just seems to me that the work NEVER ends and we get nickeled and dimed by the util...
Chad Wilhelm
Disposition of Deposit related to Cleaning and Pest Control
My new tenants have found where the house was not clean enough upon moving in and I have had to get a cleaning service to come in. They have also found ticks in the house, and I have had to get an exterminator to com...
Mark Ainley
Looking For Unit Turn Cleaning Service - Chicago
Anyone have a reliable & quality cleaning service for unit turnovers that covers parts of Southside of Chicago? Majority of our units are in Washington Park, Woodlawn, Bronzeville, South Chicago, Calumet Heights,...
Cherie Egbert
include carpet cleaning in rental property
We have our first rental property and our tenants have been in there almost 3 years which is longer than we expected. The question is how to inform our tenant that we would like the carpet cleaned? We want to preser...
Robert Gilstrap
How to scale housekeeping and laundering of linens
I only have 10 listings currently but my goal is to ramp this up pretty rapidly towards 50+ units and I can already see housekeeping and linens being my #1 stumbling block. Linens: We do houses not apartments for the ...
Lisa K.
Decision on replacing carpet due to heavy smoker tenants.
I am trying to make a decision on what to replace the carpet with, damaged due to heavy smokers. Since it was carpet before and I am wanting to do away with carpet upstairs. How would I go about to deduct from tenant'...
Tim Shin
How to clean a hoarder house?
Hi all! This is my first non introductory post. I've been visiting properties today and I went into one where the owner mentioned that the person who lived there was a "bit of a hoarder". Well the result was interesti...