James Peever
Need help reviewing contractor bid
Hi BP
We have bought an investment property update Ny. This is our firsts major rehab job and trying to follow some of the BP ethos when working with contractors is proving harder than expected. This is the current q...
Diane Dib
Cat pee/urine smell removal
I am looking at a property that smells of cat pee. I've seen it a couple of times, and it was obviously worse when the weather was warmer and it's barely warm at all right now. The house is still furnished and has one...
Andrew S.
Removing smoke smell
Hey BP! Hopefully everyone else isn't enjoying Labor Day wknd scrubbing nicotine off the walls!I'm working on my first investment property for a house hack. The house was previously smoked in. I'm scrubbing the walls ...
Anna Buffkin
How to Evict Mickey?
Help! I can't seems to properly evict rodents from one of my properties. I have a 3rd floor condo in South Carolina with a rodent problem. It is pre-existing to my tenants and they appear to be clean people. My cl...
Jim Hamrick
Reasonable Number of Maintenance days on Vacation Rental?
The IRS discusses vacation home maintenance days. They use examples where a family performs maintenance on a home for a week and the week is not considered personal use (it is additional to the 14 days of personal us...
Jackson Long
house smells after move out
Tenant vacated, house has laminate, tenant did a good job cleaning- except... The main living areas smell like dog. Not pee. Just like wet dog. Tenant mopped.My only guess on what to try is to repaint- but I would...
Byron Bohlsen
Security Deposit and smokers
I just bought an occupied duplex with long term tenants (Since 2008). Tenants decided to give notice at time of purchase. Tenants admitted there is about 3-4 years of smoke damage to the unit as they started smoking i...
Drew Wiard
Good Duplex Short Sale, but REEKS of cigarette smoke!
Hey fellow BP'ers...I've done some rehab work, but never cigarette smoke.I have the potential for a VERY nice short sale deal on a duplex in a decent neighborhood. It will need much rehab to begin with, but it's been...
Jeff B.
Heavy smoker rehab
Looking at a house that has been owned by very heavy smokers. Overall the house is in poor condition and is a short sale. Nothing that scares me, except the fact that the walls, ceilings, heating ducts, windows, EVE...
Lacee Beitler
Flipping a smokers property?
Hi everyone,
We are looking at a 4 unit property. It's a great deal, great area, and would be great cash flow, but there has been a smoker in there for 60 years (owner). His unit is very smoke damaged, and 2/3 other...