Hello all,I need your advice regarding an emergency. I have a triplex in San Francisco, where the third floor tenants are protected and paying below-market price rent. They have been there for two decades, and I inher...

If it's not in my lease should I have to pay for unexpected expenses?Like paying to clean out septic tank because it was full and over flowed into my house and it took my landlord a month to get someone out to do it.h...

We have 24 units and are constantly getting calls that the drip pan is overflowing and unit is not working. When we send a tech out they usually find dirty coils and a dirty filter if there is one at all. I am going t...

Hi guys - I could use some advice. I've got a few rentals that I've been managing myself over the past 3 years, but this is the first time that I've received numerous qualified applications on the same day. Basically,...

Hi there,
I am in Wisconsin and have a Quad where I'd like to set some guidelines specific to winter for the tenants.  
Some details:
2Upper/2lower, (2)studios/(2)1bed
each lower has control of thermostat for both...

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