
2 March 2017 | 1 reply
Many times things like faucet sets and even door hinges will not clean well, they can become pitted from corrosion.

1 March 2017 | 4 replies
Give them a good clean home at a fair price and make sure you don't overpay for whatever you buy and you will succeed.

2 March 2017 | 6 replies
We also can't prep our side for her properly until our stuff is out (cleaning, paint touch ups etc.)

2 March 2017 | 3 replies
@Asim Alam higher average rents (could be easily 2x-4x more depending on property and location based on some properties I've analyzed with an AirBnB in mind), but also higher vacancy and turnover costs (although some turnover costs are mitigated by an added on cleaning fee).

5 March 2017 | 13 replies
Clean up exterior, freshin up exterior paint, put ownings on, do easy maintenance landscaping, add a coin operated laundry for additional $100 per month at $1.50 for washer and dryer each, increase rents in between tenants or at anniversary dates.

6 March 2017 | 11 replies
@Lou Ruggieri,alternative thinking:-clean basement floor to perfection-waterproof membrane/ couple layers of exterior grade paint (encapsulate any asbestos dust)-exterior grade carpet : because you are up north/cold floors; if flooded, can be taken out, disinfected and hosed out, dried out, replace backalternative thinkhing2:-clean basement floor to perfection-waterproof membrane/ couple layers of exterior grade paint (encapsulate any asbestos dust)-treated 1x1 (as "ribs"/"joists")-lay exterior grade plywood/ost on top of it-floating floor on top of that: preferred here is Allure LVP from home depot, but many available from reputable manufacturers; probably floor needs to be rated for under grade/basementsortile everything and provide rugs + non-slip underpads

4 March 2017 | 7 replies
Hi everyone I am a new investor but I am also in the process of setting up a residential cleaning business.

7 March 2017 | 2 replies
I've been apart of a few deals where we just bought the property outright and then did a little bit of cleaning up to get it ready to sell and then turned around and sold it to end home buyers.

4 March 2017 | 26 replies
i dont see capX. vacancy, the annual repair number seems quite low thats only $71/year per unit, as does grass and snow you have only $55.50/mo. i doubt that covers one snowfall or grass cutting per month , you will also have garbage service you need to pay for, and if the city requires you to pay for Fire inspections, or licensing being commercial they can, as well as sprinkler system and fire extinguisher contracts, common area cleaning and maintenance, and Management. im probably missing something here yet. so rents average $500/mo fully occupied?

5 March 2017 | 7 replies
BUT THERE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT TRAP TO SEE WITH SCHEDULE E: your Schedule E returns have a line item of "Cleaning and Maintenance" (line 7), "Repairs" (line 14), and "Other" (line 19).