Ethan Martin
High Maintenance tenant
Need some advice. I have a tenant who moved in last week. We did a walk through with a checklist and she kept saying how everything was great. House is new construction, less than a year old, and she wants me to take ...
Harish Nandipati
Need help with plumbing
One of my units in a 6-plex in Tucson, AZ has clogged drains. The plumber tried to snake it out but he couldn’t. He tried to scope to see what’s going on but he couldn’t see. He thinks there is probably some leak or p...
Ryan Dosenberry
Air BNB profitability
Air bnb hosts,I know it depends on many factors (location, rates, occupancy, etc) but I’m curious to hear how many of you have been profitable even when outsourcing all management costs? I am looking at the Chicago m...
Bob Lett
STR Traverse City MI
I’m changing gears and going to go all in on an STR to start. I eventually want to use the cash flow to buy another STR to then purchase some LTR’s thanks to the recent BP podcast I was inspired to go this route as it...
Tyler Mehigan
Cats and Dogs and Pets, Oh My!
Hi Everyone, I hope you are having a wonderful day. Is it worth it to allow pets for rental properties to increase the amount of potential tenants or should I reduce risk of property damage/loud animals and not allow ...
Hernan B.
Mice problems
I have a tenant that has been complaining about mice. Just wondering what the typical course of action is to get rid of them. The tenants are not very clean people which makes think this will be an uphill battle. Do p...
Robert P.
Tile or Hardwood in Kitchen
What do you think is better in a kitchen? When I say better I am mixing together appearance, cost, and durability. This is for a rental property, not my own.a. hardwood floors (refinishing what is already there)b. til...
Account Closed
How long is your SFH lease? Am I overthinking this?
Thanks to all the wonderful advice I have found by lurking around on BP for the last few months we are now under contract for our first rental property! It's a 3/1 SFH and we should be closing within the next 2 wee...
Jaago Viitkin
Airbnb, VRBO, Homeaway, vacation rental cleaning
I have hard time finding a good vacation rental cleaning company in North Jersey.I called people on craigslist but the prices are quite high. In my area hosts are charging 25-50 dollars for cleaning. I didn't find nob...
Derek Hutson
Unconfounded roommate fears
Hello!In the near future, I will be making a move on a property that I will be house hacking.However, my soon to be wife is afraid that any roommates we may have that she does not personally know will turn out to be e...