Ryan Redenius
Ice forming inside windows
I noticed inside my windows that there's a pretty significant amount of ice (see pic below). Granted, this was taken last week when Chicago was insanely cold, but I also had a tenant complain about the same thing a c...
James McCormick
Buy and Hold Rental (First Deal)
Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Winooski.
Purchase price: $191,000
Sale price: $197,000
My first deal was a severe rehab duplex where I lived in one side/...
Jason Kim
Heating furnace undisclosed information in home purchase
We recently purchased a home and one of the larger issues we came across is that we believe the seller had used their own hvac workers to 'repair' our furnace to get it into 'operating' standards. However, we had a ...
Hugh Carnaha
Are Cap Ex, Vacancy, Maint taxable income?
Howdy Guys!
This is my first real post, and i'm completely new to all this. My apologies if this question reveals i'm a moron, I assure you I have no idea what i'm doing. This has probably been asked before but I cou...
Jonathan Jaffe
Student Housing Rehab and New Construction
Dear BP family:
I am in the process of renovating 6 houses and building a new house for multi-bed rentals literally on the campus of a prominent university. Each house will have about 9 beds and multiple kitchens. ...
Wesley Jones
Strategies for proceeds towards another property within same year
Land A -- Is an empty plat of land in Virginia. It is selling September this year for $325,000. Profit will be $200,000 This property is owned by an LLC. This LLC is only a few years old, but its purpose is to be a ...
Andrew Faukner
To save, or not to save, (carpet and vinyl)
We just finished getting my new 3/2 SFR ready to rent. We put in new carpet and vinyl, and now we have the leftover carpet and vinyl. I know what I do, I roll them up and put them in a corner of my garage, but then I ...
Patrick M.
Heat Pump for Mid-Atlantic Region
We are halfway through a complete gutting and renovation of a 4plex. In the rented downstairs apartments we replaced the baseboard heat with HVAC and we were able to place the 2 furnaces in the ceiling area between th...
Ala Schneider
New investor in Columbus OH - recommendations
Hi all there on BP,After several months of research I have decided to invest in Columbus,OH. I have done a lot of Google-maps-viewing, made the big map of Columbus on a piece of a Bristol paper with ZIP codes coloring...
Guevara M.
Used Washer and Dryer
How much do you guys spend on a used washer and dryer set? Has to be front loaders due to limited space. I've been shopping all the local used sites like Craigslist and haven't really came across much that don't look ...