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Once more, seeking wisdom on BP.I have a potential tenant who has great credit and all looks well, however, he is a smoker.I realize that I can’t control everything, and to each his own, and he didn’t have to be hones...
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We have a two family- upstairs/ downstairs layout. Downstairs tenants are still having people over despite requests for social distancing. Upstairs tenants are complaining. Upstairs tenants admit they aren’t “parties,...
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Hi Everyone -
Ashamed to admit, but I have been a member for over a year and this is my first post....
I wanted to get everyone's thoughts on Property Management. When I listen to Josh and Brandon (via ...
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how do you get your houses ready for rent/flip?
do you hire a company? we have been getting the houses ready for tenants by spending a lot of time cleaning outselves. frankly, i do not want to make my wife do it anym...
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Hi folks, I am a buy and hold investor but I have been renovating outdated units as the become vacant in order to increase rents. I generally do flooring, paint, fixtures, bathroom vanities, countertops, sometimes kit...
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I've had a good stay as I have been renting out a bedroom in a Georgia home. This is until the lease has ended 6 months later and I have moved out. I didn't have a vacuum cleaner or broom, so when I left I packed all ...
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Hi everyone, I have a condo under contract that just tested positive for meth. 8.3 over 3 samples, so relatively low contamination. Where I am in the state of Utah, once you have remediated the meth you no longer have...
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Hello, I was wondering if you stay in your investment property and if you make some repairs can you write it off ?In my case, one of my tenant is leaving and I was thinking to stay there for few months and get the hou...
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In the state of Indiana is the following a legal itemized listing- I sent these to my previous tenants and they are disputing it
First letter:
I am not returning any of your deposit. The house was left in a horribly ...
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I am trying to understand why we need to collect pet deposit. If the pet made any damage, we can deduct it from security deposit, right? It makes more sense to me to collect non refundable pet fee or pet rent, but I a...