Hello everyone,My wife and I are soon to be closing on a duplex with an inherited tenant that smokes inside the building. She is in the downstairs unit which rents for more than the unit we will stay in upstairs. We a...

I'm about to be a new landlord, thanks to all I've learned on this forum. Sounds like I'm about to be a new daddy or something. LOL! What's the custom for allowing, not allowing, charging an extra deposit for, or any...

Hi All-My tenants just moved out after a year and the apartment reeks of cigarettes smoke. I've been leaving the windows open hoping this will help (it's been about 4 days). Will this smell go away? They were only the...

I have an apartment that was completely painted and a new carpet put in a year ago. The tenant is moving out and was a HEAVY smoker. I will be washing the carpet but can I get the smell out of the apartment wit...

currently needing to upgrade a new property of mine and am stuck trying to figure out which would be my best option to go with: Combination CO2 & Smoke alarms that are 10yr sealed or just plain jane battery operat...

I'm looking at a 3 family building, older home which was converted many years ago. In walking through, one thing that stuck out to me was the absence of hard-wired smoke detectors. The building has no house panel, so ...

Do You Change the Locks, Check Smoke Detectors and Make Sure There are Adequate Peep Holes Before Every New Tenant?

I have a tenant living in a unit for over 1 year with a lease clearly stating:1. No smoking within the unit2. After 1 year, the lease becomes month-to-month and either party can terminate the lease with at least 30 da...

I live in Massachusetts.  This is a small, 2-family house. (~700-800 sq ft per apartment)

Hello BP community. Need your advice. Sorry in advance for the long story!I have a condo unit in Southern California that I recently rented out; however-- on the first day the tenant moved in, they notified me that th...