GET PAID Don’t lose out on charges for cleaning or repairs after resident moves out simply because YOU did the work. One landlord shares in the following words how she gets paid when she does the labor. “When a resident moves, we hire out for clean up: the windows, carpets and paint. But some of …
HOW MUCH and WHEN do you RAISE RENT? By Mike Hurney, Director of MassRealEstate.net There’s a matter of position. You as a Landlord want to be perceived as Responsive, Fair and Honest, otherwise simple things won’t get resolved such as what’s “Wear and Tear” and what needs to be charged back to a Tenant. …
HOT CALL, huh? One of my best Tenants sounded a little upset on that message so I called right back, asked the details, looked up the purchase receipt for the refrigerator (30 months old unfortunately), then planned to see it the next day. This was the second refrigerator that had done this at his apartment …
I’ve got an Eljer “Low Flow” toilet in my half bath and one of my apartments. They were installed around 2002 and a Tenant happened to notice his ran all the time (thank you). I then noticed the other ran often. I then tried the flapper repair kits from Eljer, SealMaster, Korky and WalRich. And two Plumbers, …
Landlord to Landlord What do you do with that message? I called Tom the Plumber and asked him to come up the next day, I’d check it out myself and call him back. Tom said: I don’t think so. There’s nothing that smells like gas that’s why they add that smell, so it won’t be mistaken. …
