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Dear all!I am using BP's Annual Lease Agreement with excerpts down below for reference. A tenant texted me property's garage door won't open and she asks when someone will come to fix it. Before I engage back w/her I ...
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I see various posts regarding smart door locks. The 4th generation of August Smart Locks have many negative reviews. Has anyone used these and is there an issue with this version or should I buy the 3rd generation. ...
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Hello all,Yesterday I installed my first Wifi enabled thermostat and I'm in love. Basically, Home Depot was offering 30% off of their thermostats, and my local utility (Austin Energy) offers an $85 rebate on thermosta...
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@Roy N. and other brilliant BP'erAre we at the point where we can operate a staff-less rental store?Can I place a smart tag on a vacuum cleaner that's kept in an apartment building's 1st floor laundry room, allow tena...
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I now have a number of units with gas fired furnaces. (My others are electrically heated, which was quite common here until recently.) I have been wondering whether I should spring for furnace tune ups once in a while...
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When finished with a rehabbed property in a low income/distressed community, and before the house has been occupied, what ways are helpful to keep the property from being broken into, vandalized, looted, etc.
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My AllState rental property insurance cost keeps going up at the average rate of 17% per year for the past two years in the row and no sign of going down and I have zero claim. That forced me to shop around for bette...
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Hi all,
New to Bigger Pockets, here.
I have a short-term vacation rental, and I want a thermostat that meets the following criteria:
1. Z-Wave/Nexia Compatible.2. Is password protected, or otherwise does not allow ...
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On Friday, the next door neighbor to one of my rentals in Trenton, NJ called me to let me know he had water in his basement, could hear water running in the house, and that he hadn't seen my tenants in over a week. Tu...
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Tenant moving out end of July and the bath has a good amount of mildew. This is my first rental and first turn so I'm trying to nail down the best strategy for standardizing bath design to prevent mildew, reduce risk ...