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Looking at a house that has been owned by very heavy smokers. Overall the house is in poor condition and is a short sale. Nothing that scares me, except the fact that the walls, ceilings, heating ducts, windows, EVE...
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So My wife and I live in NH and just closed on our first multi family. One of our tenants is for lack of better words, a hoarder and the unit is not clean at all and filled with stuff. Not to mention they have been sm...
Hello, Forum. The property management company with whom I have not yet signed has just told me I may not accompany them when they inspect. Apparently they have had problems with owners confronting tenants. My fear:...
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Signing lease then discovering was home to former smokers. When we signed the lease the windows were open, the house smelled ok and we could not smell any smoke. 4 days later we moved in and the house smelled of smoke...
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Once in the past, I used an Ozone machine to help with the smoke smell and it did make a difference. Enough that we sold the home without it being a smoker house.
Today, I will be trying out an even more powerful m...
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Hi BP!My wife and I purchased an 18 unit multifamily in December. The building is full of mostly great people, but there was one fellow that always smelled like pot. We talked to him about it but the odors continued...
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I house hack my primary residence; and last week a new tenant moved in. This morning I went into their room after they left to look at installing a window AC for them. To my shock, the room was full of smoke/nicotine ...
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Has anyone had experience (positive or negative) mitigating cigarette and/or cat urine smells from a home. Also- when looking at a home being sold by a smoker who allows smoking indoors - how much of a discount did y...
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I have a upper/lower duplex (I have owned for 2.5 years) and am looking at new tenants for the upper as the current tenant is moving out of state My lower tenant is a long term tenant that keeps the property in show ...
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Trying to find without calling first but will probably call county office to confirm but does anyone know what are the smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector requirements for a home built in the late 70s in all i...