Hi all, I'm the owner of a office cleaning company. We operate between Murfreesboro TN and Knoxville TN. at the moment most of my business consist of offices, but I'd like to shift and focus on "turning properties" cl...

Has anyone used robot vacuums for cleaning rental properties when turning units over?  I'm wondering if they are cost effective or if its cheaper and more efficient just to have a cleaning person do the vacuuming of t...

I'm curious how other landlords handle this.  After a move out walk through is completed with or without the tenant, how do you: 1) Evaluate what to charge them for?  How about if you do the work yourself?2) What not ...

I inherited a few tenants when I bought a multifamily property.One of the units' existing tenant has two 60-75# dogs and a rabbit.  It's a 2/1 about 750SF.  She has been there for 2 years when I bought the property th...

Hi guys. My name is Matt and currently my wife and I have been living at the same apartment in Chicago for 3 years -- never late on rent. Long story short: My landlord raised the rent by $40 year two and $60 year thre...

How much do you charge for damaged carpets, the living room is more than normal wear and tear, you can see a dark path where there was no furniture (even after shampooing). Front bedroom looks like a dog ate a piece ...

Hello!
I am a new house-hacking landlord (~2 years of experience) and am finding my balance between being a reasonable/caring landlord and operating a business/not being taken advantage of. My tenant of ~1 year left ...

I'm doing cosmetics in a townhouse to rent in Orlando 32792. Carpet (stairs and 2nd floor, ~500 sqft) is pretty beaten up and although may survive 1-2 tenants may no be worth the expense to deep clean it.

Would you ...

I recently had a long term tenant move out. They had dogs, and the carpet is really smelling doggy now. The carpet has been cleaned by commercial cleaners (they actually cleaned it one day, I came to check out the p...

Just bought a new rental but the previous owner smoked a pack a day.  The whole place smells like cigarette smoke.  Painted the whole place but didn't even change the smell.  The carpeting is only about one year old a...