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27 September 2014 | 2 replies
If there was a leak in a bedroom necessitating an expensive roof repair, would you just board up that bedroom?
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12 September 2022 | 21 replies
If you post all of the following items here, I'll post an evaluation of hold vs sell from my perspective.TaxesSewer and Water (generally paid by tenant)Trash (generally paid/dealt with by tenant)Heat/Utilities (generally paid by tenant)HOA (probably not applicable)Cap Ex and Ops (my personal minimum is $150/roof/month)InsuranceMgmt Fee - as a % (general consensus here on BP is 10%. include it even if you think you are going to self manage)Vacancy- as a %. (8% represents 1 vacant month/unit/year)
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2 October 2014 | 6 replies
@Starr Ango don't forget when you buy and hold you need a capital reserve to repair the roof, replace the hot water heater etc as things come up.
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2 October 2014 | 4 replies
Now, the originally planned 'touch ups' turned into a new carpet (very, very bad dog pee smell), to painting all of the 1978 style wall panels (very dark and outdated look) to getting a new roof (original roof that was absolutely in pieces).
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2 October 2014 | 19 replies
New HVAC, bathrooms, appliances, fixtures, roof, siding, HWH, etc. etc. and still included a 1-yr warranty.
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29 September 2014 | 8 replies
The more you can fit under one roof the better.
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28 December 2014 | 6 replies
Find out what the owner & tenants are each paying for: Trash, water, sewer, bugs, utilities, maintenance (age of roof's & ac's) etc.
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31 March 2016 | 13 replies
Sweat equity included - framing, windows, siding, roofing, concrete flatwork, painting, trim, etc...Of course it was a lot of hard work building a house and working fulltime but we managed.
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3 October 2014 | 26 replies
And a flat room for a nice, sunny roof deck ;)
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29 December 2014 | 12 replies
Although I placed a 30 FT antenna on my roof top and I have one of the tallest building in the area, I wasn't able to get my WiFi signal out very far because the trees got in the way.Maybe you can avoid the interference issues I encountered, but how will you compete if Google give out free Wi-Fi?