All Forum Posts by: Malik R.

"carpet is essentially a lint brush on your floor". This should make among Quotable Quotes. 

Which LVT product do you prefer based upon your experience?

Thank you both for your advice. One of the purposes of this trip would be to look for a more competent PM. The work still has to be done so we need to find local contractors, agree on scope of work and choose/buy major materials for them.

Yes, I am considering more durable finish flooring. I spent quite some time through the lengthy thread about 'hardening rental properties' and learned about flooring beside other valuable ideas. 

The property is a two story SFH. On the first floor we're surely going to replace carpet with Allure or Allure Ultra LVT (still trying to figure out which one) but on the second floor we may still do carpets. I think LVT may not be suitable for the stairs and may also be more slippery. AM I on the right track?

I have a rental property in a different state. How do you treat maintenance/upgrade work done between tenants? My tenant of 5 years has just vacated and there is much work involved such as:

1- Replacing carpets

2- Painting the interiors

3- Replacing locks with Landlord Locks

4- Replacing water heater that is 15+ years old.

5- Landscape (removing/trimming trees) etc.

6- Fixing light fixture

7- Repair broken windows, install missing screens

Secondly, I have a management company that is not very efficient in scheduling and arranging these repairs. If I send a family member to travel there to manage the above repairs, can I expense their travel & car rental costs? This is the only purpose of their travel.