RE:The house I moved into
I had been in this house several times before, and never smelled any cigarette odors, no smoke odors. I had it painted, and that day, I did, but thought the painters had probably been smoking...

Tenants moving out showed me mold in the closets. Is this a long term problem or just something maybe specific to these tenants? This is coastal New England. Planning to paint it with kilz or similar, anything else ...

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I have just had two applicants that one does not meet my criteria, and the second does but the situation sounds very fishy and suspicious.  They have both used my Apartments.com listing to submit an application for th...

I just bought a SFR rental in Southwest PA with some visible mold in the basement. A "mold remediation company" quoted me $4,500 to handle the situation. However, my contractor said he has a guy that can take care o...

hey guys, I am still somewhat new to this forum, my question is pertaining to an apartment I am going to rent with two other people for myself during the school year. It looks like there might have been some light wat...

Under contract on our first potential property and just got the inspection report back. I feel totally overwhelmed by the list of 100+ things. Which of these would you expect seller repair credits on? Which of the pro...

Looking for any advice on what to do when a rental property has mold. Some info for you, we’ve owned this property for 4 years and have never had issues with mold in either unit until the current tenants moved in Janu...

I'm fully gutting a single family house. I have the lathe and plaster out of the finished attic and there is a ton of cellulose insulation behind the walls. Should I leave it in place or dispose of it and replace it?...

I'm chemically sensitive, and belong to MCS fora. This, with permission to forward, was posted in one of them on Sunday.
If it doesn't belong here, please put it in the proper place.

"Another downside of that housin...