Maintenance / Repairs
Mold in Apartment – Landlord Tenant Responsibilities
As a renter, you would want an apartment that is like a home to you. A place where you get some refreshment after a long day of hard work. A healthy environment for you and your family. You found a new apartment to your liking and lived there for quite a while. But...
Investment Properties: A Look into Different Foundations
If you own investment properties in Oklahoma, your number one focus is very likely minimizing your expenditures to maximize profits. One of the most crucial things you can do as a property owner is to ensure that the homes you purchase are structurally sound....
Who is Responsible for Pest Control When Renting?
From bugs to rodents, it’s never pleasant to find a pest in your home. The tenant insists that the pests were already present when they moved in or that their neighbor is responsible—but the landlord suspects that the tenant brought the pests with them. Either way,...
Best Upgrades for Rental Property – Upgrades Tenants Love
It is said that any kind of rental-friendly upgrade can make investors get their biggest return on investment. Your rental property can have various kinds of issues. Fixing your cracked foundation, Broken windows, best carpet for rental property, best flooring, and...
Can a Landlord Make a Tenant Pay for Repairs?
A tenant is responsible for making all repairs to a property. But is that realistic? I recall leasing an apartment that needed work for some young people when I was first starting as a landlord. The lease agreement required them to maintain the apartment and make it...
Kitchen and Bathroom Upgrades for Your OKC Rental Property
In this blog, I will give you a lot of ideas about renovating a rental property to increase OKC rental value without costing you much in your remodeling work. The kitchen and the bathroom are big deals in any household. There are two basic types of remodeling for the...
Spotting Construction Pitfalls for OKC Rental Properties
When I first started buying rental properties, a realtor told me about a property that was listed so cheaply it sounded too good to be true. I rushed to the property so that I could get my offer in first. It did turn out to be too good to be true. The house had a...
Keeping the Weather out of Your OKC Rental Property
Oklahoma is famous for it's weather. Severe weather. Heavy rains. Blazing heat. Ice and snow. Here are some winter reminders for tenants to protect house from bad weather. If there is one thing that you don't want to neglect about your rental it's the exterior shell. ...
Seven Ways to Reduce your Oklahoma City Rental Property Maintenance Costs
When your maintenance costs are properly reduced you can set a good rent price for it so that you will be in a maximum benefit as much as possible. So in this article, I will tell you how to reduce your maintenance cost. It's said that landlords should estimate...
Owners with older Central Heat and Air Conditioning Systems: What you need to know
If you own a home built in 1978, that home is now forty years old. If the central heat and air system have not been replaced, it is also forty years old. The average lifespan of a central air conditioning system is 15 to 20 years. [Source] I see forty-year-old systems...
