Contractor of 25yrs- Happy to answer your questions

[Bob Jaeger]

Hello BP community! As the title mentions, I’ve been around residential construction for the last 25 years and absolutely love i! I’m also an investor with six buy-and-hold units (and looking for more) in the western suburbs of Chicago, all of which required significant rehab prior to renting them. There’s always tons of questions that come up as a relates to rehab of investment property and I’d be happy to offer my opinions and suggestions as a free resource to help you in any way I can. Fire when ready! :) Bob

[Donald S.]

hey @Bob Jaeger I'm rehabbing a unit the old owner had bandaids.l on things. bathroom window ledge is about 18"wide x 13"deep at the deepest, almost isocelse triangle kind. on the ledge he had put wood covered by drywall. So that's completely rotted out, I want see suggestions for waterproofing the ledge? also the tub surround is wood on 2 sides covered by a plastic insert, is that ok? we tore out the old insert and don't know if I should spring for hardie board or if the wood is ok if it's sealed behind a plastic insert. Thanks.