Husband and I have been renting 1 property for the past 3 years (and learning a lot from the experience). The property is located in Cook County Illinois (Chicago suburbs), and we have issues with the most recent tena...

I have my first tenant turnover in 5 years and I would like some thoughts as I move forward.  First, prior to the tenant occupying the property, this house was majorly rehabbed with new carpeting in living room, new l...

I just bought this building last month. My twenty something year old tenant had 2 unapproved cats and her apartment smelled horrible. I sent her a letter to get rid of the cats. She decided to give her notice and move...

Probably covered before in BP... but it's me and it's personal now ;) Ha! I've seen people say "eat the damage" and "take it outta their deposit"... wattaya think?If I don't keep part ...

Hello folks,First of all, thank you reading this post, I value everyone's feedback and I would like to see what you think about an issue my tenant called me with last night.STORY: I rent out a single family home to wo...

One of my SFH rentals is ready for some updating. It has tile throughout, but the tile is dated and dirty after years of tenants and turnovers. The house is a single story ranch, concrete slab sub floor. What are othe...

tenant called and asked if they could steam clean the carpets. I told them I had them cleaned before they moved in and asked why they wanted to?  They went ahead and had them cleaned. Now they say because they were st...

Looking at my first property and there is a severely intense odor in the basement (concrete) and some slight orders on the other levels of the house as well (hardwood floors and carpet). We suspect the odor might be c...

Hey BPC!

So i have visited two properties today and they were one of my preferred ones based on rents/location etc. Heres what happened:

Property 1:

Listed for +100k so i expected something in gre...

My tenants moved out and there is significant damage throughout due to improper care. My tenant rules and regulations document is clear about how to care for things like appliances and flooring. They signed it when th...