I currently self-manage my 7 rentals and want to keep this portfolio growing, while still self-managing. The key? Minimize annoying service calls and long term repair costs! Please help me add to this DIY preventative...

I own a rental with 4 rooms and hallway in the basement. The 4 rooms had carpet glued down and the hallway was 20 yr old black tile.  I ripped it all up and I'm debating what to do. I will be renting to College studen...

Ok, if you think you have seen it all, check out this house. My partner and I just bought it, it is definitely the textbook definition of worst house in the neighborhood. This guy was actually in the house before we...

So the tenant has filled out a work request with the Property Manager. The tenant is saying that something smells every time they flush the toilet. These are the same tenants that filled out a work order some months b...

Early Sept I requested my PM to schedule an Inspection as there is strong suspicion of smoking and pet that are strictly prohibited by Lease.  The lease will terminate end of Oct and Tenant has not paid rent and seems...

I've got a 4-plex that my wife and I are owner occupying in Los Angeles.  For a dozen different reasons we want one of our tenants evicted, but of course tenant laws in LA are pretty strong.  However, we have a potent...

I purchased a 3/2 tax sale home. Now that I have moved in I see that the home has a rat infestation. Not mice, large big body brown RATS. I'm literally having to go to war.  I'm hearing that pest control companies are...

The new neighbors smoke marijuana and cigarettes for hours on end every day causing a hostile living environment. My son and I are both affected by secondhand tobacco smoke. Secondhand smoke has been seeping into my a...

Hello,I own a live-in duplex and I rent out the second unit.  My tenant notified me today that he has been seeing roaches around so I told him that I would get some roach baits and put them around the house.  Well, I ...