Hi all, I have a high rise condo's carpet needs to be cleaned. If it's lower floor's carpet I know professional carpet cleaner can clean well. But given this is high rise, the truck mounted equipment can't go that hig...

Moved out of an apartment. They wanted to replace all of the carpet and charge me for it. Convinced them to consult a professional cleaner to remove the pet odor they were complaining about. The apartment wants to cha...

Hey BP community, I wanted to poll landlords on what they are currently doing regarding renters with pets. Do you include something in your pet addendum/agreement that requires your renters to have the carpets profess...

The purpose of this post is to share my ongoing experience with dealing with fleas in a condo I am househacking. There are two things I am looking for from this thread. 1. A documentation of my experiences so that oth...

Well, that's interesting.

I was talking to my carpet cleaner yesterday and learned that the local housing authority has asked him to drop his cleaning fee by $40 per house because they are broke.

Then he tells me t...

I own a few basic rental units and one of my tenants recently moved out. I withheld a portion of the tenant's security deposit in part for pet-related carpet cleaning and deep carpet cleaning, which were arguably n...

Hey BP! Hopefully everyone else isn't enjoying Labor Day wknd scrubbing nicotine off the walls!I'm working on my first investment property for a house hack. The house was previously smoked in. I'm scrubbing the walls ...

I just ripped out the carpet and pad at a new place I bought, and the subfloor is very dirty.   House had a really bas smell, probably from pet stains that soaked through carpet.  Carpet was heavily stained.  Basicall...

We've always been able to get rid of ANY odor, eventually, no matter how bad, even if it meant refinishing floors with six coats of poly with vinyl flooring over it! But we have a 2 BR unit that some mentally ill peop...

I have an STR I manage at a distance and have a property mgmt company handling the day to day.  They have done a great job managing guests and the STR platforms to maximize bookings but when we returned to stay a few ...