Irma Duran
witholding a security deposit-lack of cleaning and gardening
my tenant of two years received a $70 monthly rent credit in exchange of maintaining the front and back yard. This agreement was written into the lease. The front yard was maintained but the back yard was over grown ...
Daniella Niece
Security deposit, surrender of property and lease end date
Hey all,Looking for all input. I recently had a turnover where one tenant left & a new one signed on. The tenant (TT) that left had three dogs. They were the first tenant to live in the property since I bought it ...
Carlos Fernandes
Landlord sent back partial deposit
My rental contract as a tenant ended, landlord sent her listing agent to check and he left without any objection. Now landlord sent my deposit back minus $200 for totally absurd "cleaning fees" without mentioning or p...
Patrick Edelin
Looking to rent out my townhouse but needs work
Good day all. I have a few RE quandaries that I could use some help with and I wasn't sure where exactly to start this post but I suppose this can serve as my BP introduction as well :-) By way of introduction, my w...
Aaron Z.
Building a SFR and making it tenant proof?
If you could build a SFR from the ground up to use as a rental for college students what features would you absolutely build into the home or leave out of it? How would you make it long-term low maintenance and low h...
Nathan Gesner
Have you ever seen this? (smoker damage)
This apartment was occupied by smokers for 16 years. I I bought an apartment last year that had smokers for 30 years straight and it still didn't look this bad. Nasty!This is my favorite. It looks like an actual confe...
Ryan Swan
Best hard flooring for rental property
One of my SFH rentals is ready for some updating. It has tile throughout, but the tile is dated and dirty after years of tenants and turnovers. The house is a single story ranch, concrete slab sub floor. What are othe...
Michael DeAquino
Tips and tricks to get cat urine out of carpet
Anyone have any tips or tricks to get cat pee out of our carpet? I now know not to let tenants have cats…
Shane Moss
Security Deposit & Pet Deposit - Can one supplement the other?
Scenario 1: The wood floors need to be refinished because dog urine has ruined them and the pet deposit doesn't completely cover the damage. Can part of the security deposit be used to cover the rest?
Scenario 2: ...
George P.
Slippery slope to slamlording ?
Came across this ad while looking for rent comps: http://baltimore.craigslist.org/apa/2588121845.html
Renting a place to the first starnger, then evicting, not wanting to clean/fix/paint/replace carpet; Then renting ...