Dagart Allison
Which renovations are easy DIY for a condo?
Currently, I am looking at condos to buy and renovate while I live there. Most of the places I look at have out-dated kitchens, bathrooms, carpet, and popcorn ceiling. The condos I look at are priced under the market ...
Sam Leon
Tenant application foreclosure plus credit cards
Have a tenant applicant and even the showing went really well and he seems really mature and responsible, the credit report looks strange.i know many people are doing short sales and foreclosures from being upside dow...
Account Closed
How to remove smell and bugs from unit?
One of the units I recently closed on is in need of some touch up work. It is now vacant, but the previous tenants lived there for over a decade and had no concept of personal hygiene. I don't think they ever bother...
Wendy Vaidic
Getting Rid of animal urine smell
We bought a house to flip that smells of urine & other animal odors. We have cut out & replaced drywall that was a problem but there is still an odor & we can't find where it is. Has anyone had success w...
David Stone
How to handle mold reported by tenant
Hi BP!I have a duplex I rent out and have a tenant on one side who reported seeing mold in the corner by the ceiling above the shower. They said they scrubbed it away with a bleach solution and haven't seen a reoccur...
Katrina Poole
Newbie from Canada looking to move to SE Florida
Hi all, I'm very excited to be part of this terrific community! Everyone on the forums are so helpful and friendly and I consider myself so lucky to have found BiggerPockets! My name is Katrina Poole, I'm a mom to two...
Landon Rasmussen
I only have 10k to spend on cosmetics, what should I spend it on?
I'm looking at BRRRing a house that only needs cosmetic updates. It's a 3 bedroom, 1 bath house with an attached 2 car garage. The house probably needs a new roof and maybe 1-2 other things but it's mainly cosmetic up...
Lara N.
Long-term consequences of allowing a smoking tenant
Hello everyone,I own a one bedroom condo in a desirable neighborhood & I will be leasing my unit very soon. I already had an interested prospective tenant view the property & he's quite interested.He has a sol...
Dawn Young
Has anyone re-surfaced/ re-glazed a bathtub suround?
After moving a nice doublewide manufactured home (1999) from seattle (no hard water) to tri-cities desert (lotsa hard water) after one year of tenants that may not have cleaned the tub surround, the tub went from an a...
Mark Del Grosso
The things we Landlords find.
My tenant texts me yesterday to say he is finding small bugs in his bed and on the floor near his bed. My first thought is "bed bugs" but I have never seen or dealt with them so I do a quick search for images and ask ...