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Manuel De La Cruz Rehab Purchase (VA Loan) First Time Home Buyer/Investor
7 January 2022 | 2 replies
One interesting find during the inspection of the "in law" suite was that no smoke detectors were installed in the furnished basement.That being said, this has me concerned about the potential quality of work that went into the rehab, and whether or not licensed contractors/personnel did the work?
Carlos Alonso Hard Wired Cameras for Rental Properties
8 January 2022 | 3 replies
Blink is an Amazon company and they have wireless, battery operated cameras with motion detection at a very high quality and relatively low cost. 
Alan LeMay Poke holes in my plan
10 January 2022 | 4 replies
Just something to confirm before putting things in motion.
Chris Mullinax Meeting your resident's needs 🤔
31 January 2022 | 1 reply
I always conduct a walk-thru of the property every 6-months to check for leaks, fire/ CO detectors, etc.
Curt Bixel Preventing burglary and squatters at a short term rental
1 February 2022 | 5 replies
It detects motion and sound, it starts recording and sends you an alert. 
Joe A. I bought a foreclosure! Or did I?
3 February 2022 | 27 replies
So our money can be tied up until that hearing just to find out the owner filed a bogus bankruptcy 1 hr before the sale which invalidates it, or they file a motion to fight the validity of the judgement and then we wait another 3 months for the bank to fight that.
Michael Johnson Pros and cons of section 8 tenants: Chicago
21 May 2021 | 19 replies
Other simple things include grounding/reversed polarity of outlets (you can buy an outlet tester at Home Depot for $5), using foil-faced tape at furnace & water heater flue pipe connections, operable smoke/CO detectors, cracked/chipping/peeling paint if your applicant has children under the age of 6 (I think?)
Paul Sandhu Do you take "mystery objects" for your STR tenants to guess?
13 May 2021 | 11 replies
Radiation detector or a leveling weight.
Chris Bishop My 7 year journey to purchasing my first rental property
12 May 2021 | 1 reply
Things were set in motion for that day roughly seven years before I actually purchased the property.
Sunil Dudeja Break in at the flip twice
18 May 2021 | 5 replies
Get an inexpensive motion alarm and set it up next to the easy access point (back doors/windows) and hook it up to an external 120+ db siren and external flashing red lights.