I rented my house 3 months ago for the first time to a young couple who are great tenants in the sense they pay on time, but have called me 3 times for requested services. This time they want a faucet fixed that was n...

Are there any significant benefits for using name brand sinks, faucets, toilets, etc. (Kohler, Delta) as opposed to the cheaper brands (Glacier Bay, America Standard) in rental properties?

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During the course of the lease the Tenant broke the kitchen Faucet. I sent him an email informing him that I was deducting the cost of the repair from his SD. He never responded to the email. I went ahead with...

Here in north texas, it's not expected to get much below freezing in the next couple of days and am contemplating heading out to a couple of rentals and covering the faucets with those styrofoam type covers.  Would ta...

Are all leaking or dripping faucets that I discover in my move-out inspections for my tenants my responsibility to pay for to fix? My faucets are pretty old so I am assuming this should be normal wear and tear but I a...

Here's another question. I have a house that had been "winterized" (before I owned it) because it was a foreclosure and would be vacant for a long time. All the utilities are now on, and the only problem is that the h...

My tenant broke the bathroom faucet (high-end Kohler) 4 months into the lease.  Is this considered outside the realm of wear and tear?  Minor repairs are the tenants responsibility but I want control over what is inst...

Hi everyone -  We purchased a foreclosure a month ago and just completed the rehab.  The last step was getting the oil  furnace repaired which is responsible for heating the hot water (coil).  This finally happened ye...

I am working on our second flip house and we close on our third on Friday. The first flip was on a 1936 craftsman home. We bought a bunch of faucets off of amazon and ended up finding out that half of them would not f...

After I paid to replace a kitchen faucet, the plumber indicated to me that the tenant "kinda admitted" that his kids had used the faucet to climb up to the sink.  I called the tenant and asked if someone may have pull...