Danny Farrell
Hardwood Floors vs Laminate for tenants
Hey, I'm close to buying my first property, where I'll be house hacking a duplex. I will be upgrading the both units, and was wondering what you guys and gals would suggest as far as the quality of upgrades for rental...
Account Closed
New tenant breaking lease by smoking on premises - how to handle
My online ad for a unit that was recently available to rent stipulated that there is no smoking of any kind allowed anywhere on the premises (including the porch stoop, back yard, and driveway). When asked during the...
Roy N.
Surprise!! A renovation retrospective of an 1100 ft^2, 2-level flat.
IntroductionThe saga started almost a year ago (September 2014). The relationship with long-term tenants we inherited two years prior had been sliding sideways for some time - their unit was the only one we had not r...
Mark Forest
Odor and moisture from the crawl space
I had about 2” of water in my flooded crawl space in April. I sucked it out with a utility pump and opened all the crawl space vents. We have not had any heavy rains like we did with the spring thaw and the April sh...
Dave Fairb
Tons of equity but can't touch it
I've owned my house for 13 years. Have 2 lines of credit for 180k total and have around 20k still available (used 160k) . Have mtg for 620k.
House would sell for 1.45 to 1.6 depending. So around 670K + in equity. M...
Jeremy G.
Tenant terminating lease early Need advice in NH!
Hello BP!I purchased a 3 unit multifamily property in august of this year, it was occupied by 2 tenants and I moved into the 3rd unit, when signing new leases for the existing tenants one of them gave me notice to ter...
Chris Masons
tub/cermaic tile reglazing results opinions...
Hi guys,Closing on a 1950s single family in need of some TLC. IE. old pink bathrooms Etc...Plan to hold as a long term rental for now.....IW as curious to know if anyone has used the services of those companies that...
Yvonne H.
Constant Complaining Tenants
I had heard about tenants like this, but these are the first ones of my own. The Constant Complaint tenants. I just sat down to make a list of the many complaints they have expressed to me in the past year of their te...
Jared Boundy
STR on weekends with renter during the week
I've got a question for anyone who is an Airbnb host AND a landlord...I have a situation that is good for me, but I'm trying to figure out the best way to handle it in terms of a contract/lease. I have someone who wan...
Christina R.
Basement drainage - installing drain, sump pump, etc
Hi!I live in Maryland and have family that may be installing a sump pump/interior drain system in their unfinished cinder block foundation basement. The house was built in 1968. I know nothing about this trade of co...