I recently had a problem in my personal residence with raccoons.   A mother had given birth and was raising three kits in my attic, even though it is a miserably hot GA summer.  Anyway, once I finally figured out they...

I just got a call from my loan officer and I’m kind of worries, my escrow is set to close on the 26, it’s an FHA loan and the appraiser just did the report on Monday. We did a walk through a few weeks back and I had a...

Hello.. I have a problem tenant who we know has stolen from everyone in their building. The daughter is on drugs ( she has been seen by myself and others grabbing at objects in the air that aren't there and making cir...

I am looking at buying a place to rent out that has a strange smell.  I have not been in the house but the person who went in said it smelled like weed.  There is new carpet in the house but now I'm worried about it b...

Hello everyone, fIrst time Investor question. I’m in central Texas, have a free sIngle wide, an owner financeable lot for 15,000 total, and am closing the deal soon. Once I get the utilities hooked up, ready to go and...

Have you ever had a tenant argue with you about an odor? I often allow pets and have had some great tenants with pets, but have occasionally been left with smelly apartments. I have one that's really bad right now, ...

We have 3-4 units out of 48 that have "mystery odors" -- We have had no luck in getting rid of them or pintpointing their location. they've VERY old buildings but there's no carpeting so once we do, we SHOULD be able ...

So I viewed a two bedroom condo apartment in Massachusetts (near Acton/Boxborough) that was to be available for September 1st. There was one cat present that I could see, and it was confined mainly to one room. The ap...

Hello BP members. Recently I purchased a new rental that was distressed to say the least. I purchased the property from a landlord who was just burned out. His tenant went on a drug/drinking binge and he and locked hi...

I just got through an eviction.  I won the possession order and then paid her $600 to leave, just so she wouldn't wreck the place anymore.  After I got in, it was mostly tons of trash left behind.  But it was so infes...