My Nameish
Missing radiators in older Chicago bedrooms?
Hi, all. I have just started looking at properties and seen several early 1900's places (condos, duplexes, all on South side, in largely original condition) that are heated by radiators, but that have no radiators in ...
E.J. McLeavey-Fisher
Buying a home and trying to invest otherwise
Hi everyone,My family is planning to move from NYC and buy a home in northern NJ in the near future (likely Montclair/Maplewood/SO). At the same time, I'm hoping to start investing via a small multifamily building so...
Nathan Waters
Bedbugs in a tenants home
My tenant just texted me that he found bed bugs in the house. There are no carpet or upholstery in the home that were supplied by me. He has been in the house over a year. What is my level of responsibility. From what...
Paul Winka
Fix small section of drywall that rotted? <photo>
What should I do to fix this? My first inclination is to buy a big tub of red devil spackle and artfully slap it in there with a few spackle knives of different widths, but I know that's not the right way. Note water ...
Caleb VanTimmeren
Tenant wants to replace deck
Hi BP,I own a duplex and had a tenant reach out about taking down a handicap ramp in the backyard and adding stairs for more yard room. The handicap ramp is not needed by either tenant currently. The tenant has live...
Ben Cochran
FHA/PMI refi options
Sorry if this post is in the wrong section. I have a FHA/PMI refi question. I own a side by side duplex. After 5 years still owe $285k. Im refinancing to remove the PMI and also to allow me to use FHA again with a 3.5...
Helen Kirk
Can I remove an ac vent from a bathroom?
Just bought my first property and am in the process of renovating it. On the second floor of this townhouse is an interior bathroom with no windows. It has a working fan in the ceiling and an ac vent in the floor in...
Herbert Wu
Can I charge tenant for running furnace w/o air filter?
I just found out my tenant running furnace without air filter for months(~6months). The 8-year old furnace is still working , can I charge tenant for maintenance cleaning up of internal components? I never ran into a ...
Paul Sandhu
Evicting a tenant from an STR
Have you ever had to evict of kick someone out of your STR. I had some psychotic mutts in one of my places that had been there about 9 months. I had just bought that house from the sheriffs delinquent property tax s...
Andrew Perkins
Gutter clean out responsibility
We recently had a tenant move in to a new single family property, and she asked if gutter clean out is taken care of by us or her. I had not thought of this and was hoping someone could share what they do regarding g...