- Normal wear and tear is something I have trouble defining, I often have to pay 300-900.00 to get the home "rental Ready " again.- Have you EVER held onto a full deposit? Can you explain the context and situation 

Does anyone recommend a good carpet for a rental house that I am renovating? I am doing wood laminate downstairs but I need to carpet upstairs bedrooms.

For those not familiar, we got our first STR under contract and we are bringing my 12 year old daughter into the process of starting it up and managing it. We have owned long term rentals for many years, but decided t...

**This thread is for high turnover hosts.  This is for bath towels, let’s not get off topic! At any one time, I have 75-100 bath towels in all my STRs.  My biggest house with 9 beds had 9 towels in it until this morni...

Hi all.
When in a property, I noticed that a tenant had an unapproved cat. I didnt mention anything. Now, they moved out and the new tenant said he's allergic to pet dander, which the carpet now has. I have to repla...

I just love when tenants get all hostile when it's time to move out and their security deposit is on the line.
Would you charge for carpet cleaning in this case?
Tenant lived in the house for 4 whole years. I know t...

We have been renting a 1750 sq. foot home in San Jose, CA for the past 2 years. We are paying a ridiculous amount of rent $3100. The home has a pool, but no AC.

Move in condition was deplorable. It was filthy. The ow...

Hi everyone & thanks in advance for any and all suggestions here;
Usually I'm on the answering side of things, so this is out of pattern for me, I'll admit = ) In design ideas for flips and rehab work, I've never...

I only have 10 listings currently but my goal is to ramp this up pretty rapidly towards 50+ units and I can already see housekeeping and linens being my #1 stumbling block. Linens: We do houses not apartments for the ...

My house is built in 1925 with thick beautiful hardwood floors all through out, I was looking to hire a professional but it is so expensive when I can rent the machine for about 50$ a day. I 've seen houses with the b...