Dawon Irvin
Easy Steps to Increase Energy Efficiency in Your Rental Home
Improving energy efficiency not only helps the environment but also puts money back in your pocket. Let's explore budget-friendly tips to make your rental more energy-efficient and sustainable for the long run.
1. Se...
Jesse Zirillo
Mold
I just bought a SFR rental in Southwest PA with some visible mold in the basement. A "mold remediation company" quoted me $4,500 to handle the situation. However, my contractor said he has a guy that can take care o...
Eric Tsang
Mold on walls
Hello BiggerPockets,Every cold season my bedroom walls located where the windows are get moldy all the time. A few questions maybe some experts can help me with -1. What can i do to prevent mold from building up?2. Sh...
Kay W.
Do I have to fix it?
I have a question to ask all the landlords out there. I have a tenant who has accumulated a lot of mold on top of the bathroom ceiling. He kept on asking me to repaint the bathroom because it was dirty and it was pe...
Account Closed
Squirrel damage to tenants bathroom
This weekend, a family of squirrels broke into my tenants unit via the air vent in the bathroom. The tenant said he was able to remove two but then he shut the door closed leaving two more squirrels in the bathroom u...
Deborah Burian
Trouble With Inspector - Please Help
Selling my home. (Oklahoma) Usually I'm a buyer so feel a little bit lost. Inspector keeps insisting that there's something wrong with the HVAC. There isn't. Paid Heat and Air specialist to come out and test, the ...
Gregory Cottarel
Mold in Crawlspace: Remediation expert says remove insulation.
Hi All,I have mold on my crawlspace joists/beams.I contacted CrawlSpaceNinja as a remediation expert here in NC. We agreed on Soda Blasting to remove mold. So, they will need to remove insulation to access all joists/...
A W
How to make sure your tenant will Change an Air Conditioner Filter?
I think even if I put in the lease, it is hard to monitor/enforce that.. How frequently do you require them to change the filter? every 3 month or every 1 month?
Thanks.
Ryan Arth
ever had black mold in a rental property?
i know this is a rookie mistake, but believe me i have learned from it.
so i have a rental i just picked up, and it appears to have had water sit in it at some point. we find some black mold around the baseboards an...
David Hodge
Moisture in basement
We are in Colorado (near Denver) and noticed moisture in the basement. I was originally thinking that the moisture was coming up through the concrete, but I don't believe that is the issue for these reasons... the to...