Herbert Wu
Can I charge tenant for running furnace w/o air filter?
I just found out my tenant running furnace without air filter for months(~6months). The 8-year old furnace is still working , can I charge tenant for maintenance cleaning up of internal components? I never ran into a ...
Brynden Noble
Proving a tenant is smoking inside
I’ve been getting complaints from one of my tenants in a triplex claiming she smells cigarette smoke in her house. She claims that the smell only occurs when the guy renting Unit 1 is home. His unit is directly undern...
William Zambrano
A/C Routine Maintenance Tampa FL Area
Anyone recommended or do service on their A/C units for their rentals in the Tampa, FL area every 6 months or so? I've acquired a few properties and my major expense thus far has been A/C units "blowing hot air" and f...
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...
Christine Kankowski
Do you do annual Inpsections?
The family with 13 kids that was just arrested for abuse was in a rental house that they have been renting for several years. With the damage to the house, it seems like no landlord or manager has been in that place?...
Tami R.
Furnaces, mant.
It seems like every year at this time I wish I had something put in place for maint. on furnaces, etc...
I do not have it in my lease and if I did I do not think tenants would pay attention... but it seems li...
Denise Pauzano
Having too much of a backbone?
I have pretty good tenants but when issues arise, how stern is too stern? I try to never become too friendly with my tenants but after stern emails, I often feel like I come off too harsh and then feel bad afterwards...
Kevin T.
Property Information Sheet
Hello, I am looking for my second property and was going to create a document to have all the facts of a house in one place. Things like square footage, carpet brand and color, oven serial number, paint color. Just ...
Amir Navabpour
New AC Unit not cooling the house sufficiently
I had a brand new AC unit installed in July. Yesterday, the tenant put a repair ticket in, in it she said "ever since this new AC unit was installed, the house will not cool below 77 degrees." I just got off the pho...
Andrew Clark
What do you make your tenants responsible for?
Hello. When renting a single family home what do you have your renters responsible for? Like lawn care? Utilities? Etc