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Thanks for reading my first post.
We are in the process of rehabbing a 2-unit house that is over 100 years old. The tenant that most recently lived in the first floor apartment was a bona fide hoarder. He had a littl...
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Hello everybody, I know someone on here had to remove pet odor from their carpets, I have a rental where I had my carpets professional shampoo cleaned but it still smells like pets were there. How did you do it? ...
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Hello all, We are purchasing a 12 unit property. Each unit is about $100 under market. Also, the seller allows pets but charges no fees at all. This has turned the place into a "pet motel" (some having 4 pets in a 2 b...
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I recently had a long-term (5.5 years) tenant move out. She was a fantastic tenant—always paid on time, easy to work with, and took good care of the property overall. She did move in two cats during her tenancy (with ...
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Hello everyone!I'm not sure if this question has been asked before but I am in quite a predicament when it comes to my rental property. I just bought a property and will soon be house hacking away. Currently, I own a ...
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Hi everyone,
Just curious on people's pet policy. We have allowed small to medium sized dogs before with a monthly pet fee, but no cats. They were really good tenants and the unit was very clean when they left, nev...
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Did a search for this and couldn't find a lot of discussion about pets in STR, only LTR. I am trying to rent my "winter" home in St. Pete, FL for 6 months while I'm gone (in 30-day minimum increments thanks to my HOA...
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Has anybody dealt with a cat house before? A place that I am tempted to offer on stinks of cat urine. I figure that I would definitely tear out all the carpet flooring and base trim. However, I'm wondering if the subf...
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Working on creating my policies for becoming a landlord in Chicago, IL before i buy my first building because of the highly ambitious goal of having 1000 rental units by the time I'm 40 (which will be in 13 years from...
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In New Jersey it states that you can collect a pet deposit as long as the total security deposit does not go over the month and half maximum allowed by law. I require a month and half security deposit standard for my...