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Jeremy Mangen Help! Roaches! What would you do?
18 December 2018 | 25 replies

Just bought my first duplex, walked into it and noticed a crack in the molding on s countertop in the kitchen. I pulled up the counter top and it popped right off and several roaches crawled out. Ew.

This is the only...

Koob Moua What to do with a tenant
4 October 2021 | 9 replies

I would like your feed back on this situation. So I have a tenant who has been with me for 3 years and pays on time every time. Older elderly retired, but is not the cleanest person, my pest control guy went over ther...

Rita Medeiros Section 8 & mice what are the expectations. Give me your opinion
12 December 2024 | 20 replies

Section 8 tenant has asked for extermination for mice. She found a dead mouse in kitchen. Tenant is asking for any holes to be closed up. The home has passed the section 8 inspection. There were no mice when she took ...

Jane S. Spiders inside house, they sprayed but still have the problem.
30 July 2020 | 1 reply

Wondering if insect infestation--single fam house--is my responsibility to cover cost of exterminator. Had another SFR with raccoon in chimney. Obviously i paid for that, $300. Their Lease requires tenant to pay first...

Dirk S. Neighbor keeps bringing in bed bugs - and they are spreading. Do I need a lawyer?
12 August 2023 | 12 replies

I have a situation in a condo building (100 units) where on the floor where I own a unit lives a hoarder who constantly brings in trash from the street and with that bed bugs into the building. Management has been slo...

Lynde Klein Tenant Abandoned Roach Infested Household Goods
24 March 2023 | 10 replies

What do y’all do with tenant abandoned, roach infested, household goods?  Unfortunately this property is in a county that does not do bulk pick up collection at the street. I am not excited at the prospect of hauling ...

Peter Fokas who pays for pest control? landlord or tenant?
11 November 2017 | 14 replies

I have seen some comments here where landlords put in the leases that the tenants are responsible for pest control. That being said I did come across an article saying in NJ the law states landlords are responsible fo...

Ricardo Nieto Multifamily cockroaches issue
4 December 2022 | 2 replies

We recently acquired, fumigated, and remodeled a Duplex.
The first tenant moved in, looked clean at first.
The second tenant moved in and is saying there is cockroaches in their unit. 
I'm assuming the cockroach is...

Jonathan Johnson Bed Bugs procedure after Tenant moves out.
7 June 2017 | 3 replies

Hello BP, I got bedbugs in the upstairs unit of a 4-unit apartment. An inherited tenant just moved out and left some couches, a dresser, and a lot of little nick-nacks everywhere in the one-bedroom apartment. She then...

Edita D. Drywood termites: spot trt vs fumigation?
14 July 2015 | 4 replies

Hey guys!

We have two contradicting reports on dry wood termite infestation at our quad in San Diego.

One pest company recommends fumigation, the other recommends spot treatment and option to pay 400$/year for re-t...