Hi,I have a property in a different state that I trusted the PM company to take good care of. After two years, I've received 30 maintenance requests from the tenants, which seems like a lot. The PM company happily dis...

I've seen several threads on BP where whether or not caulking in the base of a toilet is a good idea has been discussed. Seems the general concensus is to NOT caulk them. I vehemently disagree!

The main reason given...

I think even if I put in the lease, it is hard to monitor/enforce that.. How frequently do you require them to change the filter? every 3 month or every 1 month?

Thanks.

I have a multi-family and the first floor bathroom seems to be developing black mold on the ceiling (slowly).  There is a bathroom fan but it seems the condensation is still building up too quickly.  The ceiling is a ...

How many of you deal with maintenance day in and day out... Or just deal with pain in the butt tenants hitting you up while you're at your 9-5 to point out that a bee got into their house and they don't know why.How d...

Suspicious tenant claim...Conveniently my new tenant of 3+ weeks brought a washer and dryer with them, which are being stored in the garage. Today they called to tell me that the washer that came with the house leaks ...

I've heard a few tips about excluding certain appliances, putting language in the lease related to maintenance calls, or being really choosey about tenants in the first place. What strategies have you had the most suc...

Winter is here, and where I am at in Chicago, we have had our 3rd Snowiest winter and 6th coldest since they have been keeping records in 1871. Today we may get to FREEZING (32 degrees). We have ice mounds and fee...

landlords, what do you do with storm doors? keep them? take them off?

i kept them on the last house and while they were moving, the rear door fell off and almost hit the mover. it bent the corner of the door and aft...