Zach Wright
Should I be cleaning common areas?
I currently have my first deal under contract (duplex w/ 8 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms). I will living on the first floor (bedroom 1 and 2) and renting the other 6 bedrooms by the room. Does anyone have any experience wi...
Bobby Balow
Help! Tenant destroyed property and need to prioritize repairs
The situation:We very recently purchased a property based on a home inspection that was currently occupied by a tenant. Turns out there was a LOT of hidden damage. From what I understand, there is little we can do bec...
MARY CLEMENT-HILL
Should a landlord clean a filthy tenant's kitchen and bath
Hi everyone,I've got a weird question today. My husband has been working on our ancient 4plex including what started as a small handful of repairs at one of the units where a tenant's been living for about 18 years (...
Jake Greener
Short term property manager: Windsor Hills
Hello all,As I have looked into short term property rentals it seems like a common problem arises when looking for a promising property manager. I was wondering if anyone on BP knows of a promising property management...
Paul Sandhu
What do you do with clothing you find left in your STR?
Had 3 scaffold builders renting a place from me that moved out. I found an unused FR safety overall. It still had the creases from when it came out of the package. Retail is about $120. Had 14 sandblasters/painter...
Murali Ponnaluri
Pest control responsibility
Need your advice. This property I bought have current tenants, so we inherited them as tenants. So recently we received a maintenance request regarding the rats/mice. I reviewed the lease agreement, and it does not ex...
Ericka G.
Is this repair quote fair?
Hi all,
Getting some work done this week and would appreciate a second set of eyes on this cost estimate. Does $1450 seem fair for this amount of work? That is for labor for 2 guys and they said they can do the wor...
Max T.
I am a LL junkie and I want tenant horror stories!
Give us your best (worst) landlord experiencing stories. Don't be shy. Even if you messed up in how you handled it (we all do). Winner is the one who posts the most entertaining story, as determined by number of votes!
Clint Harris
Streamlining your Short Term Rental listings
Alright people, time for me to smack you with some more STR knowledge. So we bought a beach duplex in Carolina Beach, NC 2 blocks off the water, our downstairs 3/2 unit is on track to do 57k this year, which pays our...
Shawn Patel
Question on comps/appraisals
I'm about to enter my first two deals. Here's the rundown: $70k cash-only home, recently updated brand new LVP, carpet, kitchen, laminate countertops, paint, the attic is unfinished but seller started to board it up, ...