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Tom Maurer Easiest way to clean a textured ceiling coated form years of smoking with TSP?
26 August 2023 | 12 replies

One of the apartments I have has a textured ceiling (it was there
when I bought it). The long time tenants who are moving were heaving
smokers. I read in another post advice that said clean with TSP and
then pain...

Eric Oszczypala Popcorn ceiling removal
21 January 2017 | 29 replies

I was wondering if anyone here removed popcorn ceiling themselves.  I did some research and it doesn't look that hard: spray with water and scrape it off, then paint, is it that simple? or should i hire someone to rem...

Brandi T. K-1 loss offset gain from sale of rental?
12 December 2022 | 7 replies

I'm figuring a year end tax payment - we sold a rental property for a gain (held more than one year) and will have K-1 losses from two syndications that we are LP.  Turbotax is allowing the losses from the K-1 to offs...

Shanequa J. Asbestos
25 August 2012 | 16 replies

To the investors that buy and renovate a lot of homes, how do you tackle the threat of asbestos in homes? Do you avoid certain time periods or do test samples? I know it's not dangerous if it's not disturbed, but some...

Lois S. Why do tenants wait weeks to report maintenance issues?
14 November 2015 | 9 replies

Lease states that maintenance issues should be reported immediately to landlord.Even though I go over the lease clause before signing with tenants, they frequently wait weeks before reporting things such as leaks or c...

Kelly S. Excessive Repairs for damage caused by tenant
27 August 2015 | 17 replies

Hi BP community!We have been landlords for many years, with multiple properties. We haven't had this issue before and we aren't sure how to handle it. Any advice would be helpful and appreciated!We have new tenant who...

Brandon Proctor Using Family Home Equity
24 December 2014 | 13 replies

Hi all, I have another question which I know is mentioned in a recent Podcast about investing with little or no downpayment with Brandon Turner.  Question is how does one go about using a family members home equity (d...

Obie Gutierrez Advice for Removing or Selling an Old Mobile Home
11 May 2020 | 14 replies

Hello!
My family has a mobile home that is in bad shape and has issues with mold and a caving floor (water leak) and roof (tree damage) in certain areas. The mold got to a point where anyone that was in there for any...

Prashant Sheth Tenant left stuff on curb?
16 July 2023 | 5 replies

So I had a tenant move out and our agreement was to clean the house. He did and left stuff on the curb for city to pick up. The city doesn’t do large furniture collection and I have to get someone to haul that away. C...

Bonnie Lloyd Eviction help - recouping loss
18 May 2015 | 5 replies

We are new landlords in Texas. We purchased a fully rented duplex and one tenant has not paid any rent to us. We received an eviction judgement against him. We will be getting the writ of possession on Wednesday and w...