I am a tenant living in Chicago. I lived in an owner-occupied building with 2 total units.  I moved out March 30, 2024 and just recently received a letter from the landlord (54 days later) with deductions  and reasons...

Hi All, my tenant texted me a question-Would you have any objection if I painted one of the rooms? Maybe two?What would you all say? He works from home and pays rent on time and takes care of the house, on his third l...

Hi all,Recently I hired an independent contractor (great reviews on Yelp) to fix a few appliances in the kitchen. Things were fixed perfectly, however, the contractor brought some minor damages, for example, scratchin...

BPers,

We have a quality long term tenant (3 years) at a 2br/2b condo. She is asking to repaint the walls in the living area and bedrooms. She has offered to paint and is wondering if we would offset paint cost.

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Hey everyone! I have a tenant set to move in three days, luckily I was able to get in early to get maintenance an repairs going in prep for the next tenant. However, my visit last week revealed massive amounts of ciga...

Hello, my name is Josh, I just closed on my first property today. It is a triplex that I am planning on living in one unit and renting the other two out. Currently two of the units are already filled with tenants on m...

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Goliad.

Purchase price: $65,000

Cash invested: $7,500

Great little starter flip house for us. We are almost done with everything ...

The doors in our rental look yellow now that we have repainted the house white. Can the doors be painted or should we just get new doors for the entire house? I've cleaned them and they still look dingy compared to th...

Hello BP ! I currently have a triplex under contract with a FHA loan as I’m going to house hack. Each time a tenant moves out I will rehab each door. My problem is I didn’t know FHA is a sticker about certain item...

Hello, so my friend purchased a home built in 1961 in Ventura county (Moorpark/Thousand Oaks/Westlake Village/Simi/Agoura area) with popcorn ceilings with the intention to rent it out and/or Airbnb part of it.  They a...