Hi everyone. I am a 26 year old professional technician who has just come to terms with the fact that I want more. I have always had it in the back of my head that real estate was the way to go but until recently I wa...

I bought a home that has been closed up for nearly a year. Carpets need cleaning, stretching and smoke smells removed. I haven't had to worry about this in a LONG time. Thirty years ago, I used to close an empty house...

Hi. Can anyone recommend a good vendor that handles the required Lead Inspections to obtain Rental Licenses? Thanks.

I have 2 triplexes near Boston that I self-manage. I've put in a lot of money into renovations mainly because initially it was non-stop repair calls. I now have new bathrooms, new boilers, new water tanks and yet I st...

I have a townhouse with a 20+ year old air conditioner and furnace. My tenant reported that if she set the thermostat at 75F the system would cycle on and off as is normal. However, when she set the thermostat at 74F ...

Hello,   I'm looking for my third pest control company ( or is it the fourth? ) for my complex in the California Central Valley ( land O'Bugs ).  I have always used professional pest control companies, but find the fo...

I am renting a two bedroom and a severe amount of mold is growing in one of the bedrooms. I notified my management about it, two technicians have looked at it and the property manager, and they basically blamed me say...

Hi,I closed on a SFH in TX as a primary residency.  Closed on June 1st, and now I'm seeing some issues with the HVAC unit.On the inspection, the inspector noticed that the cooling air coming out of the vents weren't c...

How often do you inspect your rental homes?

State: TX
Here is the situation.
Last week a tenant came in and verbally attacked our office manager. This tenant was irate. He was shouting, screaming, and threatening our office manager because our maintenance tec...