My (excellent) tenant , and 2 sm dogs have  been in the house five years without any issues .  I asked her to get the heating and clothes dryer  vents   professionally cleaned ($300?)She said she will do it herself, b...

Hello All!There are two properties that I've had an eye on, they are both abandoned and/or vacant. I suspect vagrants are living in one of them become there are clothes and vandalism. I've already located the owners' ...

I sometimes have to give tenants, what I call an "attitude adjustment".Below is an email that I sent to a tenant.  In her email, she talked about invoicing me for when she had to talk to the utility company.  I sent t...

I’ve got nightmare tenants in my rental property. The septic keeps backing up into the basement shower. It took a month of doing multiple repairs to septic, laterals etc to figure out the problem. We started snaggi...

Hi All!  I am new to BP and getting a crash course on being a landlord.  Please let me know your thoughts!After living in our home for 20 years in NJ, we decided to move to FL and rent out our NJ home last summer.  Th...

On Saturday, 6/29, in the late afternoon, for the second time within two weeks, the sewer trap was backing up....thank God for leak sensors.  Contacted sewer company with whom I have a contract /insurance again.  The ...

So today I was doing maintenance at one of my rentals, I opened the closet to access the central AC handler unit to change the filter and after I opened the closet door,  I had to rearrange a few things to clear the s...

Hello Everyone.My name is Andrew and I am thinking outside the box when it comes to real estate investing. The entire point of my strategy is to provide a helping hand to people who are in need. My focus is primarily ...

Any ideas on how to plug a hole in an old fiberglass shower unit? The prior owner had the shower head installed at about my shoulder height. I plan to raise the shower head and would like to not replace the whole unit...

Hello all, it's been a while since I've posted anything in the forums. I've been busy searching for deals, writing a book, I began my motivational speaking career as well as preparing to re-launch my clothing brand.I'...