Should I tell tenants that it behooves them to notify me of a water leak immediately as it costs them money too? From what I've experienced and observed, water is the biggest source of damage to a home. I would like...

My parents have an apartment rental and recently the unit below noticed a leak from the ceiling (unclear at the moment whose pipe). In this case, who is responsible and for what? Does the other owner need to contact t...

Hi! New to this community but would love insight from those who have more experience (understand it is not a legal opinion, but looking for those who may have similar experiences).Our tenants recently reached out abou...

Recently, the owner/landlord of the duplex next to mine reached out to me. He informed me that he recently did repairs to his roof and that apparently two roofers said that the pitch of my roof is channeling a large a...

Hey guys. I'm dealing with a tenant who has caused me several issues in the past. He is trying to take me to small court claim to get more of his security deposit back claiming I breached contract by entering the hous...

Hi Fellow BPites,I recently ran into some bad luck and had two major plumbing repairs on two properties. Expenses were $2.5K and $5.5K (& counting) respectively. In both cases I had sewage backup into the home. Th...

To the landlords......What has been the most expensive damage you've had on a rental property. It can be purposeful or just one of those things that happens.

I got a call last night around midnight from a tenant.......

Hi All,This is my first post in this forum! I am in process of buying a single family home as an investment property in McKinney, TX. From the disclosures I understood that there was a fire in the attic caused (previo...

I manage in a pretty good area. And I'm use to getting really SMART, responsible tenants who rarely give me problems.....I'll spare you the details of another ridiculous tenant story..... but they are 2 weeks from mov...

I have a tenant (2 adults, 2 children, 1 dog and 1 car). So they have been living in this 3 bedroom 1 bath home for exactly one year. 2 weeks ago the tenant texted me saying they want to renew the lease for another ye...