Hi everyone,I've been in talks with a seller of a 5-unit 'apartment' that is a large house.The Property and Neighborhood5 Unit apartment out of a converted house. Located in a district where they zone to reserve 10% o...

I found this late last night in a chat room where Airbnb hosts talk about their "experiences" with guests.  This one appears to be a letter written by a host directly to Airbnb.  I'm guessing it went unanswered and th...

The AC broke in my rental, and it takes time for AC company to get parts and come back to repair. At the meantime, tenants complain about house being too hot (79) and wonder if there is any remedies. What would be goo...

For those of you who landlord in borderline areas or worse, what's your rule of thumb on when to put security metal over your windows and doors? Is it a case of "do it if everyone else does it"? If I wanted to be extr...

I'm interested in a duplex in my area, but there is no central air system installed in the home, and the heat is baseboard electric. My initial reaction is to be concerned that window A/C units may not be satisfactory...

Hi all, total newbie question here. Or maybe a couple, really. Or maybe I just need to ramble a little about a few things that confuse me as I make my way through these initial first stages of real estate self educati...

I have a tenant who lives in a walk-out basement unit in central IL.  She rarely runs her heat and hasn't used the A/C once in the two years she's lived there since being sunken into the earth keeps the unit fairly co...