All Forum Posts by: Anthony Nelson

Good Afternoon All -  I am looking to find out what everyone has had success with in regards to phone systems in their management companies. Are you using your mgmt softwares call systems? Or something different such as grasshopper? 

We have started to grow our managed side and currently don't have the availability to answer all the various calls (maint request, rentals apps, mgmt inquiries, etc). Not to mention many of these answers can be answered via our website, which we try to direct eveyone towards. My thought was to get a phone system that will bulk these into differnet buckets that we can review daily and respond. 

Thanks for everyones insight ahead of time

I agree with Andy,

I have a home under contract from Gohoming that is going to be a really good deal. I also agree they are truly a pain to work with because of all the channels that they you need to go through to get easy answers. And dont expect to ever close on the actual closing date.

Locally I have been seeing a few people create decent wholesale deals off of this website as well. In particular I just saw a wholesaler clear 15k on a 70k sale, which isnt too bad. Because they delay closings these people where able to effectively market the property and get the deal done.

I would buy or go under agreement from them again, but I will never do it if I have to meet any sort of deadlines in regards to flipping the home or renting it out.

Thanks Joel, I am going to try and get over there this weekend and take care of it so it doesnt get any worse.

There was just a sub floor, not under layment at all. I definitely think that is part of the issue. Im going to open it up this weekend and see whats in there and probabaly put underlayment and then a vinyl sheet on the floor. I think thats the best bet based on what everyone has said.

Jon - This is a stand alone shower with a fiberglass pan and a 2-piece fiberglass surround. As far as the floor it is just a single layer subfloor with sticky tiles on top of that. I bought it that way and just patched what needed to be patched.

Should I do something else for the subfloor / flooring?

Thanks Jon,

The subfloor is very wet and it did feel soft to me. I guess i assumed that it was coming from tenants or shower door because it was most wet right outside the shower.

I will open up the drywall on the first floor and have my plumber go out and inspect.

Thank You to everyone who responded

Thanks Everyone for the replies.

When I bought the house (forclosure) I had to replace the drywall and subfloor in this same spot. I left the ceiling open and let the shower run for a awhile and it didnt seem to be leaking. The biggest issue is that these tenants are college kids so Im sure they are not paying attention. I am going to warn them this time that they need to be more careful and if not they will be charged the next time.

Im debating about even putting tile in front of the shower instead of the sticky tiles that are there now.

The toilet is also not close enough to the shower to be part of the problem because that was one of my thoughts as well.

I will get in there and open up the drywall and replace the sub floor and hope that I can scare them enough to not do it anymore.

Thanks Again all.

I have a 2nd floor bathroom at one of my rentals and I visited it yesterday. The tenant showed me that the drywall in the kitchen ceiling (right below 2nd floor bath) had some soft spot. When I went upstairs I noticed that the shower door does show some signs of water on the bottom outside. I also think it has something to do with the tenants getting out of the shower soaking wet and not drying the floor, but I cant prove it.

My question is if anyone has anything that they do to their rentals in order to combat the idea of the tenants getting out of the shower soaking wet? I plan on removing the shower door, cleaning it all up, re-siliconing and re-caulking all around it so it has a good fit. Im just concerned that the tenants will continue to get out of the shower soaking wet. Please advise if anyone has anything they do to fix this issue. Thanks

Welcome to BP Paul,

Where do you plan on investing? I currently invest in the western massachusetts.

I own 2 college rentals now and I will agree that they do require more than average management. I do not see the turnover issue that most people think of. In my area the leases are 12 months leases so you dont have that issue. You can also usually find friends of the people who lived there that will move in as soon as they are gone.