My tenant just informed me he found a bed bug and asked permission to use a fogger. It is the only apartment in an owner-occupied building. Any advice for dealing with bed bugs? I am getting exasperated with these ten...

Hello, Does any one know if it is legal or not for the landlord to do his own pest control, for instance for bed bugs and roaches. We have a maintenance person who currently sprays our apartments, just wanted to find ...

Hi All,Looking for advice. We have a rental property which is infested with german roaches because the tenants are unclean. My property manager visited and sprayed the place but it was not effective. He saw food all a...

Hello, I was hoping to get some advice on what to do with my renters and property management company.  A little background, we had a home built in 2012 in an A neighborhood.  It was our primary residence until January...

My property manager charged me $135 to spray for cockroaches at my rental so I was wondering if that is my responsibility or the tenant?

I own a condo in a secure building. I have a great tenant who is very clean, neat. Person who lives across hall has three dogs. My tenant calls me to say that fleas are coming from the dog apartment into the hallway a...

I'm an absentee landlord renting out my old house.  I hired a local property manager to handle day-to-day issues and tenant relations.  Our tenant is a young attorney who never fails to remind us of her profession.  M...

Good morning!We just had a tenant move into one of our apartments July 1. She sent a text this morning (July 8) saying she saw two cockroaches in the kitchen. She was "horrified and couldn't sleep."We lived in that ho...

Hello everyone, After some hefty pest control expenses from several building that we manage, we realized that pest control was not a line item we had when running our annual expense projections on a building. However,...

Is it common for landlords to pay for pest control?