All Forum Posts by: Steven Wiltz

Ive done carpet, cheap laminate, better laminate, and lately vinyl plank. Wet rooms, I've done lino, ceramic, and VCT. *Never* did peel & stick. Too cheapo looking. Frankly, laminate is good, but tenant mopping swells it at the seams. I'm kinda all over the vinyl plank. Big picture, it's a lot of "wow" for a reasonable expense. Just make price/rent higher to cover it! People are willing to pay more for better quality, and I like the term "tenant-proof", and try to point every repair/remodel I do toward that goal. My 2¢

you don't want to be a mobile home investor, you want to use the lot for a better purpose. so my recommendation would be to tear that thing down and get it out of there. Two to $5,000 is an accurate estimate. If it's been sitting abandoned, nobody's going to want it period when people call me for this kind of advice I tell them if they want to run an ad, offer to pay a couple of thousand dollars toward moving. Moving setup for a single wide can get expensive, more than buying a home in a park already set up. So if you can offer to pay a little less than it would cost you to tear it down to someone to move it away, that would be your most economical bet. Again, quickest and easiest is to raze it

In my area, once the initial lease period is over (and yours is), I can charge rent over the S8 standard, and the tenant can pay the difference. So check with your housing authority on that. And your tenant, if they could afford it. Also, it depends on your rental market. If you can get a new tenant at market rent, let em go. If your market is tight, then is it worth the lower rent to keep them (see Para. 1 above)

I have a month-to-month tenant, arrested for meth distribution. I served a notice of termination on the 7th, due out by midnight 3/31 (WA requires 20-day notice). But now, after reviewing landlord/tenant law, I see that RCW 59.18.180 (3) says I can proceed directly to unlawful detainer action because of the drug activity.

Am I bound to the termination notice, or can I rescind it and serve summons & complaint now? 

I have a month-to-month tenant, arrested for meth distribution. I served a notice of termination on the 7th, due out by midnight 3/31 (WA requires 20-day notice). But now, after reviewing landlord/tenant law, I see that RCW 59.18.180 (3) says I can proceed directly to unlawful detainer action because of the drug activity.

Am I bound to the termination notice, or can I rescind it and serve summons & complaint now? 

I agree with tile. I recently used porcelain, with accents. Epoxy grout is sealed, so good to go. Plywood, with hardibacker. 

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 You have the bad-assest name ever! 

As has been said, if a rent survey shows that your ask is reasonable for the area, stick to your guns. A vacant unit is better than a bad tenant - waay less expensive. 

my written criteria for tenant screening clearly states double deposit required if no rental history, and friends & family history is negligible. AND everything else has to shine. 

my membrane roof guy charges around 2-2.5k for a singlewide ; ~ 3-3.5 for a doublewide. I think the material is TDS, it's the white stuff. The black is EPDM, about same cost, but my guy prefers the other. 

Metal roof is galvanized 5-rib panels, with colored eave and ridge trim. 48x28 ish size is around 2400 materials only. I got a guy who will install with me as a helper for 600.

that's what I said!