All Forum Posts by: Dan Beck

Hey BiggerPockets community,

I own a small apartment building and I occupy the lower level unit. I’ve never had problems with previous tenants.

However, my new tenants have three cats who get quite noisy at night. They run around and make a lot of noise around 1:00 am. I usually go to bed at 10 pm, so staying up late is obviously not an option.

They just signed their 1-year lease and I don’t want to wait so long. I talked to them and they apologized, said they feel really sorry, but they don’t know what to do.

What can I do as a landlord? I don’t want to start the eviction process based on the noise nuisance since it’s lengthy and complicated.

I was considering simply asking them to move out and pay their moving fees since they just moved in.

Thanks

I’m a first-time homebuyer. I saved up money for a downpayment and with the help of a real estate agent I found a multi family building. With plans of occupying one unit and renting out the ones, we made an offer and the sale is currently contingent.

Unfortunately, the inspection revealed some structural issues that might be a liability. A reputable general contractor estimated the repairs to be in the range of 70-80k. The property itself is being sold for 850k (originally listed for 900k)

Since I have no experience doing this, I have a few questions and I hope somebody can share their own experience.

What’s the best way to approach the seller about this? Is it worth to renegotiate the sales price? Or ask the seller to fix the issues prior to the closing date? Or maybe do both? Another option seems to be ask for a credit so I can hire contractors to fix the issues after I purchase it, but the amount of allowed credit won’t cover it