Rick L.
Tile Floor Repair -- Tenant damaged tiles, Tile Pattern Discontinued -What to do and who's responsible?
My tenant supposedly dropped a wine bottle cracking two tiles in the kitchen floor. The tile contractor that I've worked with in the past evaluated the damaged. He said the damaged tiles could be replaced easily and...
Andrea Nielson
Cleaning Checks for Student Housing
We just closed on our first rental property. It is one block from the college in our town. We are planning on renting it out by the room to college students. When I went to school we had to pass monthly cleaning ch...
Jon Mason
Spelling out things like light bulbs and unstopping toilets?
There was a really great BP podcast a while back where they interviewed an investor who had her renters trained so she wasn’t stuck unclogging toilets and things like that. I can’t remember which podcast that was, but...
Bryan N.
Evaluating and documenting security deposit charges
I'm curious how other landlords handle this. After a move out walk through is completed with or without the tenant, how do you: 1) Evaluate what to charge them for? How about if you do the work yourself?2) What not ...
Mark Showalter
Affinity Group Management
I'm interested in others experiences using Affinity for insuring rental properties. I quickly got coverage but damage to rented premises, medical expenses, and personal injury were excluded (which makes we wonder what...
Rod Smith
How to turn rental property into Sect 8
I recently purchased a property in not so pleasant part of town. Has anyone tried to get their property rental classified as Section 8 housing? If so, how did you go about getting it enlisted as such? What besides the...
Andrew Jones
How to prevent Water Damage Under the Sink
I while ago I read a post on BP about someone putting slanted drip pans under the sink so that if there is a leak water flows on the floor it is reported by a renter rather than pool and cause water damage especially ...
Mary Jay
What maintenance items (upkeep) to do on a rental?
Hi guys!What kind of maintenance work do you do on your rentals?For example, do you make your property managers to clean gutters every year, service AC/furnace, service fireplace if there is one? What else? and how of...
Bailey Kramer
You can Co-Host 100% Remotely
More than 95% of my properties that I manage for homeowners are a plane ride away. Your job as a Co-Host is not to run to the house every time there is a problem. It's to oversee the vendors who are going to be runnin...
Paul Z.
How often to check on rental property?
Hi everyone.For a 15-year-old townhouse, how often should I go check its condition?Would you call and ask the tenant if there are maintenance items that need to be done?Cheers,Paul