I recently had a long-term (5.5 years) tenant move out. She was a fantastic tenant—always paid on time, easy to work with, and took good care of the property overall. She did move in two cats during her tenancy (with ...

Hey guys its been awhile since Ive posted because I have been busy renovating my place. The tenant recently moved out. I have a question regarding deposits. When I bought the place she did not have a deposit because h...

Hey all! I’m just starting my first BRRRR. I bought a great house from the foreclosure sale. It’s just cosmetically ugly. I was figuring on painting everything and laying all new floors as it has some ugly blue 80’s c...

Hello,Long story short:  Tenants didn't pay last month's rent and damaged carpeting with smoking (prohibited in lease) and other stains, left significant junk to be cleaned out and some other damages.  Prorating the n...

I'm going to be doing my first turnover on our rental property at the end of April, and I can't wrap my head around how this works so that I have no vacancy for the year.  If my current tenants move out on April 30, a...

Hi everyone,I'm looking at purchasing a property that has been inhabited by two heavy indoor smokers, they've been smoking indoors for 25+yrs in the property and it reeks heavily of cigarette smoke(even as a former sm...

I have a duplex.  How often should I do pests treatment?  It costs $85 /quarterly treatment so about $340/yr.  It seems alittle excessive.  I would think twice a year is plenty.  My house, we treat only when we see an...

We've always been able to get rid of ANY odor, eventually, no matter how bad, even if it meant refinishing floors with six coats of poly with vinyl flooring over it! But we have a 2 BR unit that some mentally ill peop...

I have some departing tenants whose dog apparently tried to bury bones in the wall-to-wall carpet. There are two bald spots about 6" across and one edge that was shredded in an 8" wide patch for a stretch of about 2'....

I recently completed my first year of being a landlord. The lease has ended and I owe the tenants part of their security deposit back. I had to have some repairs completed. Some things I had to sub out and have invoic...