How do you handle the combination of charging pet fees and cleaning fees? Do the cleaners make more money if there is a pet? Does your cleaner just charge "per turn" regardless of a pet or not? 
I'm paying my cleaner...

Hi All,    Big trucks with large fans & towels & dehumidifiers been seen at the rental, and tenant claims they hired carpet cleaners and staff to wash/clean all carpet&furniture.    Tenant is also not shar...

We had a tenant of 5 years just move out.  I have a question about I can charge my former tenants for and would like your opinions. 1.  Older windows in the home.  Several storm windows broken.  Several screens are ri...

Hello BP, About a month ago I closed my first deal! My wife and I are house hacking a 3-unit building in Chicago (Avondale). Built in 1901, all units were remodeled in the last 10 years, and inspection came back with ...

After two HVAC companies serviced the two furnaces in the duplex I own in the course of the last 12 months, the third one discovered that both furnaces have multiple cracks in the exhaust systems. Here is my question:...

I have come across a duplex in a class B area in good shape. Each side has 3 bed rooms, 2 baths. The asking price is $60,000, and each side rents for $650. One side of the unit is rented by a very clean family of 4...

Investment Info:

Single-family residence note investment investment.

Purchase price: $125,000

Cash invested: $3,500

Sale price: $125,000

Single Family home I bought with a conventional loan with ...

Is there anything to be aware of when bidding on Auction.com? Looking in a 40 mile radius of my house I've found several favorable deals. Some look to good to be true.I've seen several homes that are valued at or arou...

Dear BP friends, hope you all had a great Thanksgiving holiday! A tenant of ourshas just complained today about vent cleanness after he lives in the unit for 10 months. He sent us a pic of the ceiling after bathroom e...

Usually HOA's are headaches because of their overbearing requirements, but what do you do when the HOA isn't performing? We have a condo (really a townhome but run as a condo) where the other residents pile trash outs...