My tenant signed a lease 3 days ago.  We did a complete walk-through of the house - no smells, etc.  This morning she is contacting me saying there is a strong "pee" smell in the kitchen and she believes feral cats ar...

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We're new at this looking for our first investment property. We are primarily looking at multifamily units. We live in a pretty rural area about 10-15 minutes between 2 different markets in central Iowa. One m...

I have owned a rental house for years and have never had a bug issue in the past, or with past tenants. But now I have a new set of tenants that moved in 7 months ago. They are now claiming that there are bed bugs in ...

Hi All,I just had an inherited tenant move out (at my request, since it needs remodeled). Their new landlord had called me for a reference one month before they actually moved out. At the time I didn't know much about...

I believe my Section 8 tenant is using the inspection process as a way out of herlease.  Inspection findings included tub surface repair and mice/roach infestation.  I have gone back and forth (verbally) with tenant o...

Hi everyone, two months ago I bought my first duplex. And recently I am having problems with the tenants, each apartment has their own garbage can that sits on the garage, they fill them during the week, but won't tak...

So, This is what happened.I just sold my house last week. I was going to sell and at the same time buy a multifamily, but in this competitive Boston market, we realized it was going to take much longer to find a good ...

So I have a friend that rents out to tennants, I believe that the property isn't up to standards and he could probably get in trouble if he was inspected. So what does a property need to be legally rentable? And does ...

I am rehabilitating an apartment and it has fleas.  The prior tenant had 4 cats so I have had to rip out most of the floor.  In the past, in a different apartment, I hired an exterminator to address the fleas issue.  ...

Hi everybody. I haven't had a chance to formally introduce myself yet (I've been lurking and studying and trying to learn all I can from the wealth of experience I've found on this site) but I've got a problem I'm ho...