They say they're plan is to rebuild the housing market and eventually add value to the homes in the area.

Rebuild to modern code and re-rent?

Hi, I recently purchased a rental property which had been on the market for some time now, As soon a tenant moved in, my neighbor said they wanted to rebuild the fence, and are asking me to remove a tree which is in between both properties (trunk is on my side) The roots are growing above ground on their end, and my neighbor is asking me remove it (will definitely cost a decent amount.)

I completely understand, I am working on rebuilding it.

The property is about $130,000 and I'm assuming it will be around 250-350K to completely rebuild the house.

Alternatives I'm aware of:-stucco-vinyl siding (ugly)-paint it and go "limited lead-free"-hire a mason to repoint/rebuild the brick wall

I'm a beginning real estate investor, and was wondering if anyone knows of the current IRS tax incentive to help rebuild some of the areas that were devastated by the hurricanes of recent years (i.e.

Greetings Thank you for making this post, ill try my best to communicate thoroughly.Ill start off with explaining my situation, in 2015 November i closed on a 2%er Duplex  for 85k in Metro Detroit .At the time of sale i acquired a tenant paying 775, they moved on in Oct  2017 i Lost 3500 with a contractor that ran out on me while updating the unit, then i got another contractor to come  in and finish for 8k lesson learned since then Ive gotten better tenants and raised the rents to 925 monthly.My debt service at the time  mortgage, taxes and insurance totaled 697 June 2018 i close on a 4plex and i move my mother in my side of the duplex and i move out while she lives rent free . were working on her credit so she we can find her a duplex of her own.In August of 2018 my lender for the duplex sold my loan which caused my debt service to change from 697 monthly to 878 monthly.My insurer tells me my insurance increased because of cost to rebuild so they had to raise them.Since Ive moved out should i look for an landlord Insurance Policy?

By "gutted" are we talking back to studs and in need of full rebuild?

I'm working on rebuilding my credit and saving money.