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Hello,Long time lurker first time poster, I’ve learned a lot on this site and decided to post to get some ideas from you all. I got my first duplex and I need to remodel the kitchen on the first floor. The rents in th...
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Residents in one unit are on vacation and informed me ahead of time (as required by lease). A few weeks into the vacation, the residents in the other unit asked if their adjoining neighbors are on vacation. Is it okay...
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Need suggestions on how to keep my pipes from freezing. Yes, I have hose covers. But house does not have central heat. It has wall natural gas heaters. I feel it is a safety hazard to leave them on for a week at a tim...
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I have an opportunity to purchase an off market deal, however I'm hoping someone here has dealt with something similar and can give some advice. The house is being sold by the daughter of the man that lived there. How...
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My tenant just informed that he accidentally burned holes on the carpet. Apparently this happened a month ago and he was afraid to tell me. His lease is expiring next month, and we were negotiating for an extension. H...
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In my rental, there's this open loft /room that used to look like this:Tenants in the past used that space as another bedroom even though its small and didn't have any closets. But, the biggest hurdle to using it as a...
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Hello,I was hoping to get some insight into this situation I am currently working on. I bought a property, whole sale, no inspection, etc. I know, I should have had one but I knew going into it that it needed a lot ...
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I've heard plenty of times on how to screen managers, contractors, and most importantly, tenants. What do you do when there is no one to screen at all?... Property managers. My one and only property (a triplex) is som...
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How do I go about increasing the rent without loosing the tenant and upsetting them? Which is the best way of doing it
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I evicted my tenants and got my place back today. They owe me some money. I need to send them their deposit statement, and sue them in small claims, but I dont know where they went. Somehow they forgot to leave me a f...