All Forum Posts by: Trenton Miller
Trenton Miller has started 5 posts and replied 238 times.
Post: Toilet brand to buy?
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We spend $99 (before tax) every time, wax ring included. However, this is before installation. To get someone on-site to install a toilet is going to be roughly $125.
The brand we purchase is Glacier Bay.
Post: Paint color and type for rental properties?
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We stick with grey, earth tone, and white. I keep a swatch in my office with the address written on the back as well as a list of what sheens are used where. IE Bathroom-semi-gloss, walls-satin ect.
Post: Looking for my first rental income property, should I wait?
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if you can find a home sub 200's that you can rehab with numbers that make sense, pull the trigger.
I did this is San Bernardino and the property cash flows a couple hundred.
Post: Google Docs? MS Office? Others?
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Originally posted by @Anthony Simboli:
@Trenton Miller Is there a subscription plan or payment for QuickBooks? Does it work well with a Mac?
Thanks!
You can use QuickBooks Online which is a cloud-based subscription. However, you are limited as to what you can do compared to the software option.
I personally have not used either on a Mac so I can't help you there.
Post: Google Docs? MS Office? Others?
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I use Google for nearly everything. With the exception of financials. We route all of our financials through QuickBooks.
Post: What is your Plumber system?
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You are not paying plumbers for their time on-site performing the repair. You are paying for the years of experience and know-how they have.
I will always pay a premium to have it fixed correctly. It sure beats paying less, then having to call someone else out to repair shotty work.
Post: No lease and won't fill out application
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Originally posted by @Jill F.:
Originally posted by @Trenton Miller:
How do you have a tenant that is not on a lease and never filled out an application? Sounds to me like you aren't really entitled to anything if there is no lease in place with this individual and they know that.
In Ohio, oral agreements are valid. I have one tenant with no lease, no deposit, and no application that I inherited over three years ago. He was an old friend of the former owner, he is 84, his daughter pays his rent he's been in the apartment since it was built in 2000; he doesn't hear well, doesn't have email, he's probably going to leave that apartment when he dies or when his children think he can no longer live alone. At this point, a lease seems like an unnecessary hassle, I should probably do it, maybe I'll get around to it when I get my own to-do list under control (LOL, like that's ever going to happen).
I did not know that. Thank you for sharing.
Post: Buying vacant lots on which to install modular homes from China
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Originally posted by @Brennen McConnell:
The suppliers say they are familiar with building codes in the US, but I still imagine there would be a lot of work to ensure code compliance, as well as installing the home on a new foundation, connect to utilities, etc.
I highly doubt a Chinese modular home manufacturer is going to be even remotely familiar with US building codes. Every state, county, and city is different. I can guarantee you this will not be as simple as buy and assemble.
My advice would be to see if you can purchase the plans only. Take those plans to the county you intend to assemble the modular home and ask them if any additional construction would be needed to meet current building codes. This gets rid of all the guesswork for you.
Also, keep in mind that not all of these "kits" will give you a finished home. Is this just a frame? Does it include plumbing and electrical? What about interior finishes? These are all questions I would be asking myself.
Post: No lease and won't fill out application
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How do you have a tenant that is not on a lease and never filled out an application? Sounds to me like you aren't really entitled to anything if there is no lease in place with this individual and they know that.
Post: CA property management for a friend
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If you are being compensated to manage a property for others you need the appropriate license.