Houses that scare other people.  That is what I love.  The uglier the better. The more cat piss the better, and the more charred wood, the better.  Hoarders, sewer back ups, excessive cats, crack houses, and on and on...

The Property we just moved out of was a furnished unit. We received a check list when we moved in from the property manager who asked us to go through the list and send it to her via mail or email when we are done. Sh...

Husband and I started on our first flip in January. I thought I was prepared.  Had done a lot on research on internet.  We spent first couple weeks emptying house of boxes and general trash. First mistake was we start...

Keep in mind, this all started with a small leak in the basement plumbing of a very old house:
Tenant reported she could hear a leak in the basement when she did laundry.  The leak turned out to be from drain pipes, ...

I help manage a couple of Rental Homes.  Due to the location, there is typically high turn over of lower income tenants who all seem to be very rough on the house.  The latest tenants stopped paying rent which was fol...

Hi BP community!
One of my tenants ' dogs passed away. They are begging me to allow them to get a puppy- a French bulldog.

They claim that they trained 4 puppies, they are really good at this. The husband works from...

My last tenant had three pet rabbits that she let run free through out the house.  It wasn't until we had hired a house inspector to do a routine evaluation that we realized how much damage her pets had done.  The bas...

Hello all, new to all this and have read lots of posts here. So thank you for all the tidbits. My question is, I have a tenant who's lease is up at the end of June. She was asking about moving out at the beginning of ...

1. Should I ditch the pool?: This above ground pool is, in my opinion, an eyesore and is too close to the house. I'm wondering if it adds any sort of value to the property and, should I decide to get rid of it, is it ...

I am doing two "Tier 1" rehabs. In one rehab, we are putting in engineered wood oak floors. It is a two story structure, and I'm not sure why, but it feels weird to me to put wood on the 2nd floor. So I went with t...