After reading some posts on cat smells, I thought I would share some details about the cats in and around my recent Florida house.When we first viewed the house, the urine smell in an addition was oppressive. It was s...

I have a 100 year hold house with hardwood floors in two bedrooms (pic below). The main floor will stay as hardwood floors. To sand and refinish the floors would cost the same as putting carpet down about $1600. What ...

We bought a multiplex earlier this year running on a septic system. Something happened and caused the sewer water to backup into the units. We have already ended the leases with the tenants. Right now in the process o...

Just wanted to get an idea on what other hosts are using to keep their rentals fresh for your guests. Infusers, air fresheners, candles? Are your cleaners proactively doing this? Thanks!

While I was doing routine maintenance on an apartment that I rent out, I noticed my tenant is not cleaning the apartment at all. There is grime all over the kitchen floor. The grout that was once off white is now a da...

I own and live in a pretty triplex with four rental units, built in 1928. One of my long-term tenants moved out. I installed new hardwood flooring in her unit and restored and shellacked the woodwork with the expectat...

It's Not ALL 🌈Rainbows🌈 & butterflies🦋. A lot of people like to filter out the bad and ugly and only show the good when it comes to investing in real estate.This is the importance of collecting security deposits (...

I am looking into buying a property with smoke smell in it, what all things I need to be concerned about. I am  not local to property so I am concerned about cleaning work etc that we need to do. Any thoughts?

before having to replace it? Also, what did you do (if anything) to keep it in decent shape? I know some landlords who have their carpet cleaned annually at their rentals.

I'd also be curious how long you've been a...

In my experience managing apartment communities, we have charged renters a pet fee (nonrefundable) at move in AND a monthly pet rent. I'm renting my SFH for the first time and am unsure how to charge the future renter...