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Alex M. Buying bug infested properties - how do you get contractor bids when nobody wants to enter the property?
9 August 2015 | 2 replies

Have you ever bought a property that was heavily infested with bugs? If so, what did you do about it during the home inspection/contractor bids/etc?Were you able to get home inspectors and/or contractors into the prop...

Jessica Mead Need Advice for Handling Tricky Tenant Situation!!!
7 March 2022 | 9 replies

Hi everyone! I have a tricky tenant situation that I could really use some help navigating! What better place to turn than BP, right? :) Here's a little context - I have a new build townhouse in southern Colorado Spri...

Joseph F. Fleas
18 August 2014 | 11 replies

I am rehabilitating an apartment and it has fleas.  The prior tenant had 4 cats so I have had to rip out most of the floor.  In the past, in a different apartment, I hired an exterminator to address the fleas issue.  ...

David Wooten FLEAS!!! Yes, a lot of them...
28 August 2016 | 9 replies

Long story short; a house I bought has fleas.  Lots of them.  Like you walk into the living room and at least 20 are on your pant legs.  I've fogged the house twice.  I've called in a professional, twice.  Anyone have...

Rj Kro Cost of pest control
21 March 2018 | 4 replies

Hi all-got a landlord question. I rent a single family home-we actually lived in the house, up til 2.5 years ago. Had a nice family move in when we moved out, and they had no pest issues for 2 years. A new tenant move...

Mellisa Wu Fleas on property, tennant requesting compensation
31 July 2020 | 11 replies

My tennant moved in, at the time our place was flea free. After a bit more than a month, she told me she has all these bites on her legs (July 25th). I suggested she can use our organic bug spray around her room to se...

Mark Malevskis Is it legal to do your own pest control?
27 August 2018 | 11 replies

Hello, Does any one know if it is legal or not for the landlord to do his own pest control, for instance for bed bugs and roaches. We have a maintenance person who currently sprays our apartments, just wanted to find ...

Bryan Richardson How to handle roaches?!?!
11 February 2021 | 10 replies

So I have a duplex that a tenant just texted me about having roaches. The duplex was fully renovated prior to the current tenants, before them it was empty for 8+yrs. Both tenants moved in the beginning of this yr. Th...

Lois S. How to handle possible flea problem with vacating tenant?
19 May 2019 | 14 replies

All of my rentals have been 'no pet' properties, but...I have a tenant leaving soon who brought in an "assistance" animal - a dog.So I have a few questions.If you know the tenant has a dog, do you require them to flea...

Dick Rosen Bed Bugs... who is responsible?
5 January 2014 | 22 replies

I just had a Phoenix tenant report that she has bed bugs. She said she has thrown 3 beds away trying to get rid of them. I suggested that they probably followed her from the apartment complex that she came from and na...