I am going to hire a property manager for my house, and I am assuming he has a general list of what is standard. One of my concerns is smoking and having a quiet tenant. Can I say that there is to be no smoking (insid...

Hi all!
I have an inherited tenant living next to me in a side by side duplex since I moved into in January. She lives there with her 30 year old daughter and 16 year old niece. She seemed to be a good tenant at fir...

Law just past today that in 2014 rentals will need to be inspected by the city of Seattle. All rights in this area are for covering tenants.

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019316566_rentals02m.html

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I'm currently looking at a 2bed, 1ba condo listed at $250k -- comps that are B-grade have sold for $320k in May 2019, and A- grade units in the complex seem to rent for around $1800/month. It's in a good part of town,...

Hello all,I am a New York landlord that has to charge his first security deposit to bring my rental back to rent ready.  The tenant didn't totally destroy the place.But in one year they did more damage than people tha...

Hi BP's, my friend have a multi unit residential building in K' town and they are in a bit of a mess.
I would like to check couple of things for them as future options.
Let's start with a brand new tenant that refuse ...

I have a potential house the seller is asking $54,000 and currently gets $810 in Section 8 rent. He's had the house for 43 years; rented out since 1981. The current tenant (mom and two kids) is a smoker; first smoking...

We just got our first propert, a four unit multi-home in Connecticut. The tenant in an upstairs unit moved out after one year and left large black stains on the wall where she had furniture or wall hangings.  One defi...

I am trying to make a decision on what to replace the carpet with, damaged due to heavy smokers. Since it was carpet before and I am wanting to do away with carpet upstairs. How would I go about to deduct from tenant'...