Kevin Hunter
Utilities paid by tenant? Chicago
Good evening BP community, I’m checking in to get a few thoughts related to utilities being paid by the tenant. What’s the standard in Chicago for what utilities tenants are responsible for these days? I have a multi-...
James Are
Kick Plates to Cover Dog Damage
I have three roommates living in a single family home. Of course they have an ESA, a Doberman. After only about nine months he's done a lot of damage to the two doors leading to the backyard. Both the door and the tri...
Troy Bevans
Under Sink Hot Water Instant Circulating System
Winter in Iowa is a chilling experience, no doubt, and one that needs to be strongly considered when your are an investor of mobile homes. A very inconvenient situation to find yourself in is one where your tenant ca...
Amy A.
How to get rid of neighborhood drug dealers
For the last year or two, cars have been parking in front of my building, leaving tons of cigarettes and glass pipes on the ground. They live in the building across the street, whose landlord doesn't screen tenants. ...
Richard Warren
Tenants Die, Landlord Charged With Homicide
Tenants die from carbon monoxide poisoning and the landlord was charged with homicide. And you thought you only needed to worry about the rent being late!
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-lilord1009,0,6148701.st...
Jesse Aizenstat
Long-Term "Storage Mode" for Grandmas House
It is with some emotional sorrow that I report that my 96 year old grandmother just can't live in her house anymore with her caregivers. She's had a good life and it will continue at a retirement facility, a few minut...
Joe Gee
Provide washer/dryer in unit or just leave the hookups?
Currently upgrading a four-plex in I would say a "B" neighborhood. Small 1/1. I'm trying to decide If I should provide the tenants with a washer dryer or just leave the hookups available for them to purchase as an o...
Markus March
Burglary
I have a rental property with a tenant living in property an the house has been broken into twice. I spoke with the police about the problem they stated that its the people living next door to my property who the thi...
Connor Cass
Advice for Mold growth in closets?
I have a property built on a crawlspace that is having minor mold issues in the closets. This is a property that I used to live in and I experienced the same issue. I’ve had people come inspect the crawlspace for leak...
Sampson S.
Tenant requesting improvements
So - have a tenant that moved in, and during her walk through, asked for a couple of improvements. I've been down this road before - so I rolled my eyes. But then she snapped me back to reality, and said that she ...