Karen Sanderson
gray wood paneling
Hello group, just bought a property for a rental unit. End row home, LOTS of nicotine, old carpet, old everything.... the unit has lots of gray paneling (covered in nicotine)... thought about cleaning then painting sa...
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Tenants let dogs go bathroom on deck- advice.
I feel I should preface this by saying that the tenants were ones I inherited for only two months. The first time I went to a showing on the property I noticed that there were appox. 10-15 piles of dogs poop on the 2...
Amy E.
Durable Wall Coverings
Since I rent to mostly families I've noticed that the walls get pretty dirty at about six-year-old height and below. ;)I also noticed the one house I have with wallpaper seems to withstand much more wear and tear than...
Robert Gilstrap
How to scale housekeeping and laundering of linens
I only have 10 listings currently but my goal is to ramp this up pretty rapidly towards 50+ units and I can already see housekeeping and linens being my #1 stumbling block. Linens: We do houses not apartments for the ...
Ben S.
Greese from Mechanic distroying other tenants clothes in new washer
I've had a tenant in a 4-plex who has his laundry destroyed with grease all over his clothes. We suspected it was from another tenant who was a mechanic and I warned them that they needed to stop washing his work clot...
Michael Bracken
Any tax diffrence? Renter maintnance or owner?
Greetings,Recently my renter replaced a swimming pool motor and gave me a receipt. We then deducted the renters out of pocket expense from one months rent. Typically I would have deducted the liability but claimed the...
Tim White
Reducing time between short term guest
Hello all,My partner and I have began managing short term rentals in our area for other host. Generally the most time intensive properties for managing these properties is the turnover between guest. Luckily we have...
Ryan M.
Single Hung vs. Double Hung Windows
Currently debating the issue on windows and would like some input. This is a rental property and all windows are being replaced. The savings is $800 for the same window going with single hungs. Single hung are actuall...
Gaurav Mehta
Getting rid of smoke smell
Hi,
Just closed on a single family house in San Jose on a trustee sale. The owner was smoking inside the house so there a very strong odor. I have to take out everything anyway (carpet, kitchen, flooring, bathrooms e...
Cameron Riley
How clean is clean?
When a tenant leavesDo you hire cleaning service? Do you even clean the floors and windows?