How easy is it to get rid of a bad stink in a house? What if it isn't as easy as replacing the carpets?A house I am thinking about buying has a bad stink that smells like cat urine. The previous owner disclosed that d...

I am working on a home that has a horrible pet urine smell. We pulled the carpets out of the home and found hardwood floors. However, the smell of pet urine is extremely bad and the floors have been saturated.  How do...

Hey BP community. The wife and I just got our second rental property after house hacking our first one for 3 years. It’s a duplex and the prior owners lived in the lower unit and was a smoker. I got the place painted,...

We have a vacancy, an upcoming open house, and a whole bunch of dog smell. I'm looking for input on a couple fronts.I need to start with background. We closed on this duplex a week ago. We agreed to let one tenant out...

Since I became a landlord several years ago, I have always use the same screening process. When I show a property, I have prospective tenants show up dispersed every 10 minutes on a given evening. The typical evening ...

BP, I am on the verge of my first purchase and have an important question. I'll get right to it.

When the wind blows, it picks up the smell from a waste management location about 3-4 miles away. How big of an issue i...

Hello. New member here although been listening to BP for over a year now. I purchased my first rental property(single family) a couple months ago.  Every time the tenants turn off the central AC unit , a really bad sm...

Hey BP! I bought a house at a foreclosure auction at the court house steps last year. I thought it was a great BRRRR deal since I bought for 50K and it has a ARV of 205K, however I wasn't expecting the inside to be as...

There's a house I'm considering to buy but one thing is holding me back: There is pee.... EVERYWHERE. I think it's a cat but I mean I don't know. There is no carpet all of the floor is either linoleum or tile and unde...

I rented my house to a retired military vet, who claimed he knew what clean meant. When I got the keys to the house back, I had to enter with vesperator masks, as the smell was so bad. The entire house was covered in ...