Tenants lease says nothing about smoking. She gave a deposit of $765 but smoked in the unit for 2 years. How much of that 765 can I charge her for cleaning up the unit? Need new blinds, paint carpet etc. located in Ohio

Hello everyone,I’ve been lurking the forums for some time and using the search bar to find this but to no avail.
It’s a house hacking tax question.
Anyway, a bit of background on my particular scenario: I bought my ...

Hello all! So I am going to meet with a realtor for the first time this weekend to go check out some homes. He just sent me a bunch in my price range via MLS. Some homes he sent me have current tenants paying rent. I ...

I'm looking for some helpful DIY basement upgrade ideas!We recently purchased a 4-unit rental property in Cleveland and the basement serves as the communal laundry room.  Completely unfinished with exposed foundation,...

I am interested in investing in a coin or card operated laundry but have some very basic questions:- What are the reliable resources to find available businesses? Google comes up with loop.net and bizbuysell.com. - Ar...

I listened to a webinar recently about a man renting someone's place and then re-renting it on Airbnb and generating income off of that. My question is, has anybody done this? What are your thoughts? Pros and cons of ...

Tenant keeps making complaints and is annoying the crap out of me. This is for an older home with approx 1,300 sqft and 1 bathroom with 6 people living in it. When I bought the home it had a 25 gal water heater and we...

I'm analyzing deals for my first short term rental. I'm doing all the research: podcasts, books, webinars, articles, etc. along with finding markets where I should have an easier time finding a cleaner and handyman. I...

Curious what is acceptable.  Like many of you I have complicated taxes. I have 30+ properties, sales, purchases, multiple entities, different tax years, K-1's to send, k-1's received, W2 income, cap gains, cap losses,...