Do you permit tenants' use of candles of attempt to regulate their use? I use a standard lease which has the following clause:"The tenant shall not do, bring or keep anything in the Rented Premises, or permit or suff...

Recently had turn over in one of our newly renovated apartments. It is a small space <700 sq. ft. and not HVAC. The tenant had complained about "dust" and waking up with black phlegm, etc. She was our second tenant...

Greetings landlords. Have any of you come across a black film accumulating inside an apartment home?
Luckily this is not a unit we own, but we are trying to provide assistance in a situation where a renter is compla...

Good afternoon Did a yearly walk-through with one of my tenants and I found that he is running a business in my property. This is a clothing and shoe business so nothing illegal to my knowledge. I believe he is runnin...

Is burning Incense the same thing as smoking? We have a lease that says no smoking in or around the building, but does that cover incense as well? I'm not super familiar with incense, does it do damage in the same way...

I have this issue before in the four family I have but this one is really getting to me. I went in after they moved out in the middle of the night with out notice to find black smoke ring all over the wall and melted ...

I stumbled across this wikihow on How to Squat in Abandoned PropertyI have no idea how accurate this information is, but it might be useful to know the mindset of potential squatters. I was just more surprised someone...

I just came across this, which seems like a pretty ingenious way to heat a room, while working in it, if you can't plug in a space heater or similar. Maybe have a couple of those going at the same time.

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My tenant spilled latex paint on the patio...and something else that looks like rust.  Concrete is porous so I doubt it can be cleaned.  Do I hire a sandblaster or charge a damage fee; and if the later, how much?  And...

I'm helping out a friend whose rental home burned down last week. It was a shared house arrangement - the landlord is an older woman, and she rented out two bedrooms in her home, one to my friend and one to another re...