All Forum Posts by: Dumitru Anton

@Chris Jackson,

all real estate is local and some of the HA (Housing Authority) are very local then others.

-i would contact the local HA

-use gosection8.com to check competition

-screen them like regular tenants

-look for long-term

you do not apply for section8! you apply to get certified/approved to provide housing to section8.

if a regular tenant appears quicker (first come, first serve) then.....

banks may or may not provide mortgages for low income rentals, BUT i would check all local banks first (community initiatives, yada,yada)

this usually works for more then 10-20 properties.

also do not think of them as low; these days they have choices

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@Maria Adames,

Welcome to BP.

while the section8 program is federal, the local jurisdictions have some slightly different (or very different) implementations.

-you screen the tenants the same as regular (minus the 3x or 2x income requirements; i think they have to satisfy that only for their portion of the payment)

-i suggest contacting the local HA (Housing Authority) and get a feeling and also find the needs around the apartment sizes you have.

-check the inspection requirements. !!!

-go to gosection8.com and check your competition. you can also post your availability there after you passed the initial inspection.

-contact local landlords and get their feeling of the interaction (easy, heavy handed, not at all, waiting forever) with the local HA; also for the quality of the available local section 8 tenants

- i would look for tenants previously long-term in their former place; then you educate them/train them to your requirements

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 I'm going to side with @Nick Doria and black appliances. just think most of the SS appliances are for the most part black with 1-2 SS panels.

@Glen Hark, i think now they have the slate finish or a couple of other SS finishes which emulate brushed nickel texture. and yes, your biggest enemy is dents, then a scratch pad (just try to get after tenants that scratch your SS appliance, since it's still functional....)

a different approach could be: check your market what is used, then step it on one notch in wow-features (kitchen and baths sells/rent homes; you have to wow the lady/head of the family)

-edit: also Memorial Day is close so maybe you can get less than $400.... (hint hint); in the worst case you have the peace of mind of buying new and deffered full payment for 12-24 months

 Jessica Hood,

next time cut some 1" wood pieces from a 1x1 or 1x2 and drive nails or screws trough = your home made painters pyramid

 
Jessica Hood, your pictures look better then the ones on floor and decor's website.

Thank you

nicely done.

@Account Closed,

nicely done, you brought light into that old house (ahem cave).

if you don't mind me asking, what color/code paint you used?

@Jessica Hood,

also read this please: BP linky-link (resin countertops)

@Demetrius Davis , send a connect/colleague request to @Cory Gardner and/or @Account Closed

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@ Laura Costello

we in IL are a bit different then others, so I'm going to call @Wendell De Guzman in this thread in the hope of you not knowing a lot about TTT (Tenants, Toilets, laTe night calls)

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@Yuriy Tymoshenko, mmmmm take the mushrooms out to a grill.... (kidding)

you can paint the paneling after some 2 x good primer or i think there are some gel stains (pudding like consistency; general finishes has some) which pretty much work as an oil paint.

but i would want to make it a little more light to the eye. just don't use hospital white

what is your competition doing in the area (if you have any)?