April Birdsong
Replace new carpet in Bedrooms for hardwood?
I will be closing on my 1st STR/MTR this month. I am sooooo excited but also nervous. It is a 1940s 2 bed/1bath that has been renovated by seller. They put new hardwoods throughout the house except in the 2 bedroo...
Mindy Jensen
Iowa Security Deposit Question
A friend has a rental in Iowa. Carpets were about 6 months old when the current tenants moved in 2-1/2 years ago and in great shape.Since you're a landlord, you can already guess they are moving out and the carpets ar...
Erin K.
use bleach on carpet to get stain out?
We have a duplex we are rehabbing. Living room has an offwhite berber carpet that is in like new condition and looks very nice with the exception of 2 places where there are stains. One is a large circle. Professional...
Christine Swaidan
Cleaning between tenants
Should all carpets be professionally cleaned between tenants? Here's the situation. New carpet in December. Tenant moved in January 1 and is now leaving. Clean guy, no pets, color of carpet is designed to not show dir...
Jennifer Rysdam
How do you convince a cat lady that her apartment stinks horribly
I just bought this building last month. My twenty something year old tenant had 2 unapproved cats and her apartment smelled horrible. I sent her a letter to get rid of the cats. She decided to give her notice and move...
Arthur Cecchini
Getting charged for carpet
Hey all,
Being a landlord previously before willing the properties I have a question.
My wife and I had to live in a place out of town for a year and we rented from a big box company in the local area. Everything...
Mark Forest
Carpet; keep it or pull it?
We bought a used carpet cleaner and my wife spends a lot of time going over and over the carpets that are already in the rental house we bought. She eventually gets them looking pretty clean except for the most recen...
Mano Chidambaram
Are these rental turn/make-ready costs reasonable?
After my tenant moved out after his year lease on my 4/2, 2000 sqft, 100K property in Indy, here are the make-ready estimates I got from the PM for the larger items along with a few other minor issues:Paint assorted w...
Sunny P.
With rentals, what are you doing at checkout
My tenant is moving out on Friday and I wanted to know what is your checkout process? I am planning on getting the carpets steamed but I would like to know about the cleaning.Should I get the place back cleaned like t...
Steve S.
House odor of doom - HELP!!!!!
Here’s the situation. House was vacant for 2 months without the air conditioner or heater from mid February through mid April. That was a mistake. Should have had the ac and heater running but didn’t expect it to be v...