The floor guy came to install new floors. When he tore out the old carpet, he told the tenant that he smelled mold. There are no black spots or wet spots, and no leaks at all. The tenant has a husband and 2 young kids...

I recently wrote an article on 3 Web Sites that really transformed our real estate investing business from 2010 to now. At a time when we were working hard to improve every facet of our company, we also began to use ...

I had this thought as I am house hacking (Syracuse NY) and want to make my unit nice with some upgrades. I am curious on people's thoughts on this topic.Should you or should you not make your apartment that much diffe...

We have a purchase contract for a lot in Austin that we're planning to build a duplex on. We recently received a title commitment and Schedule B shows an exception for some restrictive covenants from 1948. These wer...

Does anyone work with interior designers on their flips? My team started a joint venture partnership with a well-known one, but she bailed on us due to it being more work for her than she anticipated compared to the s...

Has anyone had good/bad experiences using "The Work Number" for employee verification?  We usually ask for pay stubs and do not formally verify employment.  But, we have a perspective tenant whose income we would like...

Hello to all,

I am new to the site and new to real estate. I am a high school math teacher from the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. My interest was sparked this summer after passively listening to a free version of "R...

I was originally going to outsource the interior and exterior paint, patching, and pressure washing for my 1200 SF SFH rental, but I ended up being way over budget on the rebuilding of a room and now am desperately tr...

Our tenant, without permission, painted original shellac woodwork in her apartment. We are restorers and this was original untouched woodwork in a 90 year old house.We are of course furious; she is non repentant but w...

So I purchased a house last month for the sole purpose of updating it into a rental property. It had been a rental property before and I got a great deal on it since it was very outdated and the owners were retiring. ...