I'm chemically sensitive, and belong to MCS fora. This, with permission to forward, was posted in one of them on Sunday.
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"Another downside of that housin...

I have an offer in on a house that needs a lot of work. No disclosures available on the property. My arms burn when I am inside home. My realtor said her legs were burning when we were inside. Place has an odor and ca...

My parents recently had a refrigerator leak on the main floor and the water went down into the basement (in Northern Virginia).  They're having a horrible time with the insurance company to assess and recommend reputa...

Hi All!
Im looking to add my 2nd rental property. I found what seems to be a good deal except one of the bedrooms reeks of cigarettes. It is freshly painted and has a cheap, floating hard floor. It there a way to tru...

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...

Ok, I am puzzled about the Chinese Drywall problem, issue or hazard....I just discovered the subject as the topic of several posts....  I had not heard of Chinese Drywall until today so far as I can remember.  The rea...

Hi, BP family. Quick question..We found a property being sold as is for 25k. However there’s a mold issue (not severe). Work needed is 8k.ARV is 63k. I believe I can leverage the fact that there’s mold to lower the as...

Do any of you landlords allow car washing (tenants responsible for all utilities) and minor car maintenance on your properties? I'm under contract for a 2 flat in which I am having the plumbing redone (stolen copp...

I moved some tenants in yesterday to find out there’s a mold problem in the kitchen. If it takes a week or two to mitigate do I have to move the tenants out? I’m not sure how the laws work or if there’s some defined s...

I am rehabilitating an apartment and it has fleas.  The prior tenant had 4 cats so I have had to rip out most of the floor.  In the past, in a different apartment, I hired an exterminator to address the fleas issue.  ...