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Matthew Doyle Security Deposit with Inherited Tenant
27 June 2020 | 6 replies

Hi all, 
I'm in the process of turning over my first rental unit. I am househacking a duplex which came with a tenant in place. The tenant has since left, but was not the easiest to deal with over the past year. Upon...

Mike Fuchs Tenant is likely breaking lease - Process to prove and evict
18 January 2017 | 8 replies

Hi, new landlords here. We just bought a duplex and moved in two new tenants on Jan 1st. I feel we were very diligent/clear with our screening and rules, so now we need to act on what we said in the application proces...

Nick Macklin Ruined carpet and security deposit question
27 March 2019 | 4 replies

I'm sure someone has run into this issue so I figured I'd reach out but first a little back story.  Tenants signed a 1 year lease in July.  Paid rent on time if not early every month.  A few months ago they asked if t...

Lily Daudert Smoking neighbor next door to my tenant
15 June 2016 | 5 replies

I have a tenant in my Chicago condo.  The next door neighbor, who is also a renter but different landlord, shares a common entrance to their respective units.  The neighbor smokes, incessantly.  The smoke wafts into t...

Andrew Reis Smoke and Fire Alarm Sensitivity
4 July 2023 | 9 replies

Happy Fourth to my fellow Real Estate Investors. I am a landlord here in Boston and own a 3 family. I have two common area stairwells with 2 Kidde Smoke Alarms in each (Model P4010ACS). They are hard wired fire alarms...

Matthew Dunn Smoking Tenant & Security Deposit?
6 September 2017 | 6 replies

Dear Fellow BP Community, I'm a new landlord and recently served one of my inherited tenants a 30 day vacate notice as I'm doing substantial improvements to the apartment. She just left the property on Sunday and I di...

Zac Boelkow Help with tenant screening
13 January 2020 | 19 replies

We recently listed a duplex for rent in Milwaukee, WI. We received three applications. After calling the references and verifying income, etc. we narrowed it down to one possibility that looked good. We informed this ...

Dave Bopp Tenant complaining about weed smoking neighbors
4 February 2019 | 2 replies

Hey Everyone,I have tenants in one of my units who are complaining that the smell of marijuana and cigarette smoke from the neighbors in the adjoining row home are causing nausea and headaches. The neighbors next door...

Henry Lazerow Make sure your business is not reliant on airbnb
28 November 2023 | 1 reply

Airbnb can be a great way to boost revenue, I own/manage for others and net out 30-40% higher then LTR but make sure your business is NEVER reliant on it as in the property still must cashflow positive without airbnb....

Kyle Hipp Fire on porch of upper/lower duplex, what to do going forward.
5 July 2014 | 1 reply

So I got a call on July 4th at 2:45am from a frazzled tenant. He says there was a fire but it is now out and the fire department is there. Now this was my first home and I fixed up nearly everything on this house. Met...