Kristin Caras
Preventing Pipe Freeze
I have a property that has 3/4 units heat turned on. Unfortunately, a tenant left and didn’t pay his electric bill. The soonest the electric company can come out and turn on heat to the unit is 8 days from today. The ...
Tim Coppola
Attic insulation question - Chicago
Hello everyone,I am looking at insulating the attic of my 2-flat in Chicago and have had a few people come out and look at it. One suggested using spray foam on the underside of the attic walls (roof) and the other su...
Patrick Philip
Do you leave a/c on in flips when it's vacant?
When it's vacant or when it's under renovation but you're not there. To prevent mold growth? Or is this just a waste of electricity?
Paul Chen
Conditional nonrefundable deposit
Am I legally able to take a conditional nonrefundable deposit from a section 8 tenant to prevent her from renting some place else other then mine during/after her end part of section 8 paperwork processing stage (prov...
Ting Liu
How to open up T-shape clogged drain pipe?
I have a two-unit apartments. The two apartments are side by side. Their kitchens are next to each other separated by a wall. The two kitchen sinks are connected by a T-shape drain pipe. The T-shape drain pipe is clo...
Heidi Offerdahl
SFR in Memphis with no A/C
I'm looking at investing in Memphis, TN and I've found a property in 38118 zip code and the house doesn't have A/C. Is this common? I would think a house without an A/C unit would be harder to rent. Any thoughts? ...
Raj Kom
Tenant not paying rent and not responding to any communication
We have a tenant who has not been paying rent for the past 2 months. On top of that, tenant does not respond to any communication regarding payments or the unit in general. My property manager says that we can not evi...
Despina Galanopoulos
Pot Smoke - Neighbor smokes & tenants upset.
We decided to put our Chicago condo up for rent last year after moving out of state. We have awesome tenants, who pay 5 days prior to rent being due and seem to be very vigilant over the unit and building. The unit ...
Barry Alter
Tenant move out after 2 weeks because of a robbery. do i have to give back the security deposit?
I rented out one of my apartments to new tenants. after 2 weeks they had a robbery.the tenants were scared to stay in the apartment so they moved out. now they're asking back for the security deposit. what do i do am ...
Genny Li
Does no one replace their water heater anode rods?
People seem to expect their water heaters to last 10-15 years. Are you guys just letting it corrode as soon as the first anode rod is eaten up? How do you go through water heaters so fast?