Dear BP friends, hope you all had a great Thanksgiving holiday! A tenant of ourshas just complained today about vent cleanness after he lives in the unit for 10 months. He sent us a pic of the ceiling after bathroom e...

Is There Anything that the Tenant is Responsible for Fixing?

I have a Indy SFH that recently experienced sewer/storm water drainage backup into the basement floor drain. Got that jetted and cleared, but now have a messy residue left behind. Not sure what all came up, but it's n...

HelloDifference between capex and maintenance reserve? Should I have both in my analysis?

I'm new to the whole landlord game and hoping for some clarification.   Do you rely on the tenant to replace the filter or do you do it yourself (monthly), and would that dictate a monthly inspection of the property? ...

Always on a holiday weekend . I get a call from a tenant , they said their is toilet paper in the yard .  I ask where and they say near the septic tank . I know this is not good , I head over this morning and sure eno...

I have a tenant that complains about a lot. I have been very nice about fixing everything that concerns her. I just acquired the property in December, fixed it, and leased it in June
There have been a lot of items th...

Hi All, got a question about property management just so we can compare numbers. I'm wondering how much most of you pay for the maintenance portion of your property management company. Do you pay just how much their h...

Hi all,We have a rental property, where we had a sewer line backup happen in February last year. The sewer water came out of the toilet on the first level and destroyed the carpet, drywall, etc. Had to call the insura...

The power went out at my house this morning. No big deal, we were planning on walking to school anyway. On the way back, we passed a neighbor, who couldn't take her kids to school because her car was in the garage. We...