Sam Runge
Smoking Tenants in my House Hack
Hello BP,
I am a new investor and just recently purchased my first property (2 unit/duplex) in which I plan to house hack. I am currently finishing up some renovations prior to me moving in on the 2nd floor. I can ...
Laura L.
Seattle rents exploding
Just want to share that Seattle rents are exploding. Many of you know this already, but wanted to share my first hand experience within this last month. One of my units requested to terminate their lease early because...
Shane Welch
Tenant is smoking weed what can I do?
Short story for context.
Duplex, up/down. Upstairs tenant does has not paid rent since I purchased home in Feb. Started the eviction process in March, and due to covid the eviction date was pushed to July 8th (yay ...
Michael Shadow
Huge apartment fire down the street
There was a huge apartment fire down the street from one of my buildings last night. They got everyone out ok so no one was hurt, thank God. 18 apartments destroyed and 2 commercial spaces, one was rented by our sta...
Richard Rohrbough
What would you do?
I have tenants who are nearing the end of their 6-month lease which expires July 31.They are smoking in my rental in violation of the lease agreement.They are also paying $1625 for my 2/1 SFH which is at the top end o...
Luke Masterson
How can i tell if recently vacated tenant was cooking meth?
Hello forum,
I am a leasing agent at a rather large property management company. We had a tenant that has been living in the same apartment for the last 11 years move out today. This tenant worked maintenance for o...
Nathan Gesner
Pet odor: Ozone Generator Makes Magic!
I have an ozone generator that continues to surprise me. I use it to remove odors in a variety of situations like smoke, pets, or even certain food smells. Last year I took over management of a nice house but it had a...
Ran Fridman
Can we terminate the lease if they are doing it?
Hello, everyone! Please advise if we bought the property and if it was the lease from the previous landlord.One time we saw that they were smoking, but it's not allowed in the property.Also, we noticed that it's only ...
Amy Oltendorf
Tenant caused fire and has no renters insurance
Hi all,Looking for advice for my new real estate dilemma. I had a tenant call me the other day informing me of a fire on the front porch. The tenant left me a message in the middle of the night informing me of the fir...
James L dodd
Conventional loans for brrrr
Got approved for a conventional loan. I was wanting to do a brrrr or just something i could add vaule too. I know there are certain criteria for the conventional. So my bank only told me it has to be good enough for ...