The cheaper plastic opes are junk.

In smaller markets you can get a reputation quickly and find it harder and harder to get your offers presented by agents at all if you are considered a time waster.

When someone advertises "private money" they usually mean "we have hard money, but that has a bad reputation, so we'll call it private money."

Those national warranty companies have terrible reputations.

(If you develop a reputation of buying distressed properties and improving them, you become an asset to the 52.

Our reputations puts people in our units and I won't throw it away over cutting major corners.The other expense I have seen creep up on owners (besides HVAC as was mentions) has been delinquent utility bills based off a previous tenant.When our tenants rent a unit that requires then to pay utilities, we make sure the account is in their name before we transfer the key.If they cant comply with that request, I wont rent to them

I want to know if the price is reasonable, and if I really need to use 2 coats of drylock paint.Concrete Block Walls - 1000 SQ FTTear off plastic and furring strips (only 500 sq ft)Scrape / Wire Brush the 2 coats of existing paint that are flaking offClean walls with concrete prep solutionClean up / Remove all scrapings, plastic, furring strips2 Coats of Drylock Paint, including taping off 4 glass block windows, painting around electrical box and other utility hookupsStairway Drywall Walls - 150 sq ftClean Walls2 Coats of paintFloor - 300 sq ftClean and prepare floors with concrete floor prep solution2 Coats of Concrete Floor Paint including taping off furnace, hot water tank, etc.Price with materials - $1800

I know there are many reputable builders that are strapped for cash, but have the experience and know how to do deals, and might want a financial partner, and it could be a win/win if done right.

Karin DiMauro Any reputable lender isn't going to try to soak you with inspections for stuff that doesn't exist, and if they want to do that, stay away!

Things started to go down hill and they simply took off on the sixth month, leaving behind what ended up being 42 bags of garbage, rotting food in the fridge, cat litter pans full of...well, you can guess.I ended up "raking" up the oldest daughters room to clean it up and was glad I was wearing gloves since, as I got down to the last layer it consisted of used tampon containers simple tossed on the floor instead of in the garbage (sorry if this is too much information).They took the "important" stuff (all the plastic flowers) but left behind all the "unimportant" papers including bank statements and both previous leases (I learned they pulled the same trick on at least two other local landlords) and the new lease...so filing against them was easy since they kindly provided me with their new address where they could be served.They also left behind new clothes with tags on them and I tried a few of the blouses on; they fit and I made sure I was wearing one of them when we went to court and I won my judgement against them.Gail