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21 March 2017 | 21 replies
I ripped engineered wood up with a roofing scraper and hit the glue with the razor.
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19 March 2017 | 7 replies
Other damage includes major holes in the walls for plumbing access (shower), water damage around the doors, not so small areas of patched walls done very poorly (possible water damage 'repair'), holes in doors, window screens missing, possible water leaks from roof (?)
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19 March 2017 | 7 replies
He said he bought it approx 4 years ago and replaced the roof, new carpet, siding, and HVAC.
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19 March 2017 | 4 replies
Disadvantage: getting a SFH instead of more units under one roof, as we will live in it we will have to do mortgage payments without other units' support as in a 2-4 unit property.Option 3: wait till equity in out triplex will grow closer to 20% and then refi.
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22 March 2017 | 13 replies
I think we'll only need to pay pros for the planning, concrete pouring, and roofing.
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20 March 2017 | 4 replies
The roof needs replacing and there is damage to the home.
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26 March 2021 | 16 replies
Being my first deal it's very exciting and nerve racking at the same time.
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20 March 2017 | 2 replies
Then CapEx will come along and eat your lunch in the long haul since all this time you were only budgeting 10% and didn't realize that it does not scale with gross rents and when the roof goes out it costs what it costs to replace; the roof does not know nor does it care what the unit is rented for.
20 March 2017 | 2 replies
Screw fuse circuit breakers. central air units from around 2008, Roof redone in 2010.
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20 March 2017 | 2 replies
You'll have to be able to differentiate between an emergency (roof coming off, front door smashed in and unlockable, no heat during winter, pipe burst and water leaking/pouring in the unit, etc) and what's something that can be added to a maintenance list and handled in one visit so the tenant knows how you'll take care of their problems.Doing the above involves setting standards for proper communication with you.