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Hi everyone!This is my first time starting a new lease that was not an inherited tenant. Luckily i got pretty lucky with the inherited tenants, i know thats usually against the rules ;) I am looking for advice on dama...
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We have a dog (black lab) and just had carpet scrubbed and shampooed this week (carpet is about 4 yrs old). 2 days later (to allow plenty of time) I came back and discovered that the carpet smells like wet dog. The sm...
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There's a lot of little "upgrades" you can do when renovating a rental property that are the "cherry on top" of an already well done job. Examples are things like:-Granite countertops instead of formica-5/8" drywall i...
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We just bought a brrrr house in an auction and it has a cat pee smell that we can not rid. We have taken up carpet, sprayed enzymes on floor and just painted the floor with killz. We are running out of options. Any re...
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Hello All!When my tenant moved in they paid a $300 pet fee and a $300 pet security for 2 large dogs. It was supposed to be a 300 non-refundable fee per pet but we bent a bit. Anyway, they just moved out and the paint ...
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Hey guys, could you please help me out? I have a house and I’m trying to pick between a few tenants. The house stinks because there was some animal poop or something and I don’t have time and money to replace the car...
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Hello,I know there are many opinions, but I still want to hear them. I have so far not allowed cats in one of my properties (condo) but there is a seemingly good couple who has applied and has an indoor cat, so I'm de...
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My husband and I have the opportunity to purchase a double wide at a decently cheap price and fix it up to flip. The problem is the whole home has an extremely strong cat urine odor. I’m wondering if anyone has ever d...
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Hi,
We recently bought a house as our primary residence. However, after living there for a month or so, we decided to move out. The house was owned by a smoker in the past and we replaced with new carpet and hired ...
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Hi,Newbie here! I recently got a single family home for 219k and it needed around 11k from my pocket to make it rent ready. It’s mostly painting , adding carpet to two rooms, cleaning, repair to the roof. Will my pro...