First, thanks to all of the BiggerPockets members for answering my questions along my journey of investing and becoming a landlord for the first time.I currently have a tenant set to move in on the 30th. This is a wel...

Hi, I just turned over one of my units and the tenant called to tell me one of the bedrooms smelled mildewy. The room has a high traffic carpet that is going on 10 years or a couple more at this point.  It's in overal...

Hello all, new to all this and have read lots of posts here. So thank you for all the tidbits. My question is, I have a tenant who's lease is up at the end of June. She was asking about moving out at the beginning of ...

I was curious as to what everyone uses for flooring in their rental properties? The carpet in my single family has to go due to dog smell in the carpet padding. I tried steam cleaning it twice and had a carpet cleanin...

I had a tenant move out a month before her lease ended. I agreed to it, if I was able to find a new tenant that can take over the property with no lapse in rent. I hired a property management company to merely take ...

I've sometimes wondered if a pet deposit is even enough to cover potential damage a pet may cause. Scratching, peeing pooping...Have you ever rented to pet owners whose pets didn't actually cause any damage?What's the...

I always steer away from installing carpet in rental properties. I May do Bedrooms occasionally. I'm writing looking for advice on carpet installs... Sometimes in older homes the floors are damaged to the point where ...

Hi All,    Big trucks with large fans & towels & dehumidifiers been seen at the rental, and tenant claims they hired carpet cleaners and staff to wash/clean all carpet&furniture.    Tenant is also not shar...

I live in California and I have a tenant who has lived in my duplex for 20 years.  The windows in the unit are older windows that I have not upgraded yet.  Her co-tenant  locks himself out all the time and climbs thro...

Looks like something a tenant would leave behind, right?  Nope.  Apparently my 4 year old spilled some of his drink on the carpet. It wasn't cleaned up all the way and the dog did this trying to get to it.