All Forum Posts by: Zach Yonek

Our renters ran dish soap in the dishwasher and you know how that goes... What do you use to clean this out? I’ve seen different things like alcohol, baking soda etc, but am wondering if any of you have had to deal with this? Thanks!

Our Airbnb guests ran dish soap in the dishwasher and you know how that goes... What do you use to clean this out? I’ve seen different things like alcohol, baking soda etc, but am wondering if any of you have had to deal with this? Thanks!

@Luke Carl Sorry about that. Couldn't find a forum dedicated to FSBO, and we are looking to purchase as a vacation rental, so I posted here. Woops. Thanks for the insight though.

We have been looking for properties for a while now with our realtor, but just recently found one through a family friend who is selling it FSBO, and we are looking to purchase it to make it into a vacation rental. I'm just wondering if the process functions any different on our end with our realtor since we are communicating/negotiating directly with the sellers on price (how involved does our Realtor get when they are selling it FSBO?) Our realtor said she can put together the FSBO paperwork, but are there different fees (or cheaper?) involved that we would owe our realtor compared to a normal real estate transaction? Are closing costs any different? Thanks all!

We have been looking for properties for a while now with our realtor, but just recently found one through a family friend who is selling it FSBO. I'm just wondering if the process functions any different on our end with our realtor since we are communicating/negotiating directly with the sellers on price? Are the Realtor fees relatively similar to a normal real estate deal? Our realtor said she can put together the FSBO paperwork, but are there different fees (or cheaper?) involved that we would owe our realtor compared to a normal real estate transaction? Are closing costs any different? Thanks all!

Sorry, you are right @Steve Vaughan, they won't turn it on until under contract. I'm not currently under contract. Just trying to rough estimate total rehab costs before putting in an offer! I will be sure to do that though moving forward :) And thanks for all the insight @JD Martin! Very helpful!

In that same part of the report it also says " Plumbing: Damaged. Sink: Damaged"

Thanks JD! It doesn't have a basement, and I can't say how descent the crawl space is, so I really don't know how accessible that area is. 

Thanks. The report the realtor gave me shows the Sewer system as OK, but under the plumbing it says "water supply tested and functional: No. Pressure test; Fail"

Looking at a HUD home where the pressure test failed for the plumbing. Wondering what kind of numbers to conservatively budget for a worst case scenario? With it being a HUD home, I'm told they won't turn the water on till an offer has been accepted? So I'm not sure how to gauge how much of a hole this issue could become. Thanks all!