Yes I have been told by court clerks that if you file in November it could be next year before you get them out.The court system between Thanksgiving and Christmas takes almost a month off here.So what is already a back log becomes a tidal wave.So for those months if you have a questionable tenant in August and September work to get them out an re-rented before the Holidays.Other wise you will go months without rent.I also learned another tidbit of info the other day.Hear you file eviction,if tenant files answer you go to court,if you win you get a judgement if they answer and if not just a writ.The writs with the Marshalls office are backed up.So from time of writ it is supposed to be about 4 to 7 days.I am supposed to have at least 3 people to throw the stuff out while the marshal waits.Lately the writs have been taking 3 to 4 weeks costing another month of lost rent.In that case I have to take them to small claims court for the next months rent after the judgement while waiting for the writ to be carried out.They have these eviction companies that call you.They say they can get the writ performed in about 4 to 5 days instead of 3 to 4 weeks.They say they work directly with the marshall and for 160 bucks they have a team of 9 people come out and empty the items in 15 to 20 minutes tops.Even though the marshall is supposed to go in order they give priority to landlords using the eviction company as they know they won't get just 2 or 3 helpers taking sometimes an hour or more with the eviction.So if this is true if I paid 160 and got out a tenant fast then it is worth not losing another months rent.If I was already losing that month and faster didn't make a difference I wouldn't pay the 160.

In checking the utility faucet under the bathroom sink a bit ago, my helper found a small drip.

We painted the walls ourselves for around $500, which included all materials and a helper. $200 sounds great, but around here, I doubt I would get a quality job for that price.

I agree that construction experience is super valuable in REI And that it puts you in a great position to make yourself invaluable to an investor or even a handful of them.My recommendation for making yourself invaluable, is to try to imagine the best assistant in the world, examine what exactly makes such a person so valuable, and then go be that person for someone who can teach you the ropes.Just as an example: The ideal carpenter's helper would always be to the job site 15 minutes early.

Get some paint ,some scrappers,some sheetrock and a few helpers and do the repairs,cant be more then s$800 to $1000

A few examples are if one of your subcontractors brings a helper (think, their son or someone else off the books to help out one day) and that person gets hurt.

On the $122,250 loan the new guy is 4.75% and the guy you've built a track record with, who has been a mentor and helper to you as a newbie, who has "poured into you" and answered tons of questions and is developing a profitable long term business relationship with you is offering 5%?

Most repair jobs have to get half up front, because they have to get parts at Home Depot and they charge you for travel time, getting the parts, any helpers and they want cash or check to cash immediately on completion of the job.

As of right now, the basement suite is rented for $900 and is acting as a “mortgage helper”.

Probably a day of work with one or two helpers.