Becoming a licensed lead remover to work on your own investments?

[Steve Porcello]

Hi BP,

I hope you are all doing well. I have been looking at properties across the South Shore and a lot of them are full of lead paint... It has been a deal breaker for us because we are looking to rent the properties out, and we do not want to raise any red flags with discrimination and children under 6. I have heard stories of owners forced to remove lead and costing them tens and thousands of dollars, all relevant to how bad/how much lead there really is.

This road bump has really made me consider becoming a licensed lead remover in MA... I don't want to remove lead full time for a company, I just want to be able to remove lead on my own properties. 

Have any of you investors considered becoming a lead remover in order to work on your own properties? 

Thoughts on this? - The potential lead infested properties would be owned under our LLC, and the LLC would potentially hire me, the licensed remover, to complete the job.

I think there are other investors out there in my shoes. Please chime in and let me know if you have considered doing this, or have done it, and what was the outcome? Have you been able to remove lead on your own properties? Are you able to cut down costs?

Fire away! - Steve