Nadir M.
Maintenance replacements for certain household items
Hi everyone,
One of my tenants recently found a replacement filter for the fridge and wanted me to order more before it expires. It raised a question of whether it’s the tenant responsibility or the landlords to cont...
Justin Knighten
Cost to maintain and operate hot tub
We're getting ready to open our first STR that is a cabin in the mountains by the river. It has a hot tub on site, but it's currently drained. It sits on a little patio in the yard, not under a roof. This time of y...
Steven Payne
Getting pet, rat, and smoke smell out of a house
I'm renovating a house I bought that has a nauseating smell to it. We have aired the house out for a few days. There were many dogs, cats, and rats living in the house. They also smoked. The smell is probably in the w...
Travis Timmons
Water Catchment System in Washington state
I'm looking at a property that needs a water catchment system (in a place that rains 200 days/year). Does anyone out there have any experience with water catchment systems? It would be for 1-2 bed short term rental ca...
Lacey A.
Tenant Neglect caused ice build up on air handler
Our tenants are required by their lease to change out the air filters for the Hvac on a regular basis. They did not do so causing poor circulation which caused an ice build up on the less than two year old air handler...
Edgar Perez
managing water well properties
BP,
I'll keep it short...Does anyone rent a property that uses a water well instead of city water? How do you manage that?
Mary Jay
how do you keep truck of things to do on multiple properties
Do you guys keep stocky notes? Or just write things in calendar?For example: dont forget to call a handyman to service AC in property 1 or dont forget to make sure property management company gets a handyman to paint ...
Tiamo Wright
For or against fridges with water and ice makers?
I was chatting with a property management company and they said that they recommend that if a unit has water and ice maker on the door to switch that refrigerator with one that doesn't. Their point was that most of th...
Annette Holbrook
The hot tub debate goes on in my head
I understand it is a draw, but multiple posts here have said to skip it if on a well(which I am). Is that because well water is generally harder on the filter mechanics?
My other thought was to do an outdoor barrel s...
Jeff N.
Tenant using attic storage space
The attic of one of my rentals has plywood flooring layed. I don't want tenants using the attic for storage since this area contains the HVAC, water heater and natural gas lines. I'm afraid a sloppy tenant may not be ...