Breaking this out from the pet cost post.For those of you that do pet limits, what does it apply to? If you have a two-pet limit, can someone do 2 dogs and a hamster? What about 2 spiders and 1 cat?Curious where the l...

Purchase negotiations have stalled, seller not budging, buyer not budging, what to do?GO FOR THE "CHATTEL!"Go for: that Beautiful 200 gal Saltwater fish tank in the foyer, as is, ALL fish staythat 1968 396 SS Camaro s...

Happy Thursday, BP Nation!The lease on my small rental property in Northern Virginia is about to be up and my property management company is screening new tenants. They sent me one that is otherwise qualified, but has...

I love animals.  Well;  unless they are trying to hurt me - then I don't like them.  But in general;  I have had, and enjoyed having, pets.  But now I do not have pets.  I don't like the smell of them, I don't like cl...

Thoughts? 

So I have a property that's getting its garage converted to a studio. Part of this is to add plumbing and so the plan was to tap into the existing septic line. The trouble is we can't find it. This house is an amalgam...

Hi there. I've been a landlord for 10 years, have always been careful in screening, and have been very lucky with tenants. Until now. I've only posted on this forum once before, asking for advice on how to not renew a...

A local property management company limits occupancy to "2 heartbeats per bedroom." Their definition of heartbeat is literally anything with a heartbeat, so people AND pets. I've never seen anything like this before a...

Hey BP!

What's the grossest or weirdest thing you've found after a tenant moved out?

I'll go first: we had a tenant who was evicted and kindly left us baggies of human excrement tied to the door knobs. Extremely cl...

I have a one story house with a crawl space below it. Tenant moved out and in the bedroom corner, a little in the closet corner and a corner in the kitchen, there is mold growing on the wood. He had a dog. Has anyo...