Hey BP community. The wife and I just got our second rental property after house hacking our first one for 3 years. It’s a duplex and the prior owners lived in the lower unit and was a smoker. I got the place painted,...

I'm working with a landlord whose last tenant killed himself in the unit and was not discovered for two weeks in the middle of summer. The landlord hired ServPro to "clean up" the place but the smell still lingers....

My hot water heater broker and started leaking, it happened in the evening and they tenants didn't think it was a big deal so went to bed.  Needless to say the next morning they woke up to a very wet apartment.  The b...

I just leaned my favorite air fresheners to use when showing vacant homes for rent is being discontinued. I figured this would be a good time to ask what everyone else does to make showings go well as smell welcoming ...

So found a great investment house 34k purchase appraisal 115k. Problem is the home was owned by a hoarder who passed away in the home. Person was also not found for 12 days so body decayed inside the home. To add to ...

Just purchased an investment property built in about 1960.  We've just about finished repainting the interior, but there is a persistent (what I call) "old house" smell.  It's not from a former smoker, and it doesn't ...

When renovating a home for rental purposes I tend to go with works, nothing too fancy, nothing too complicated, nothing too loud.I recently purchased a REO that comes with lots of things that are probably worth some m...

Hi, I'm looking at buying my first house. It seems in great conditioner at a fair price, besides the fact that the owners smoked inside for around 15 years. I'm happy to clean and paint, hire a contractor to refinish ...

Hi all,I spent the past 6 months building and decorating an AirBnB apartment in my basement, and the third guests smoked meth in the unit.  :/  It is a long story of how we figured it out, but essentially bags over th...

A skunk, likely, has died under or in the attic of a house. The house SMELLS HORRIBLE! Is it possible to remove the smell if it has permeated the structure? Obviously, removing the body is going be one of the first th...