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Hello BP community, I wonder how many of you decide to put carpeting down the hall ways to the bed rooms for rental property? I have read that ceramic tile is the most durable option, It can last up to 75 years. Meanw...
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I'm thinking of putting in laminate flooring throughout a house I just bought. Currently it has carpet. I have roughly 900 sq ft to do.
My main question is: How hard is this to put in yourself? It's advertised as ea...
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So I know how to add a no smoking clause to a lease however I have learned over the years that if its not in writing, you cant enforce it & my last tenants had firearms and were doing illegal drugs on the premises...
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Hello Everyone!My wife and I are planning to move back to the Cleveland market, but want to build instead of buy. We found a plot of land for sale that is wooded but has water, sewer and gas ready and also power clos...
I'm doing a walkthrough inspection of my rental property this week. My property manager and the Tenant will be there, as will be his 3 kids.
What kinds of things should I be looking for during this kind of inspection...
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I've been looking at the mobile home RE strategy. From what I've read on here the best play is to buy low ($2-3k per mobile home), rent ready rehab and sell to make $2-3k margin.
You then lease the lot the mobile ho...
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Why do so many people find Property Managers so unappealing? Why do investors cringe at the thought of hiring a professional PM? Reputation? Bad experiences? Fees? In my experience its a combination of all 3 then addi...
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Just closed on this 3 Bedroom 2Bath house that is getting rehabbed to be a rental property.We were planning on painting the house top to bottom and redoing the hardwood under this carpet. My painter quoted me higher t...
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I ran across this article this evening when I was researching some other tax matters:
Who says you can't depreciate land?
The basic procedure seems to be:
1. Split the improvements from the l...
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My husband and I jointly own 3 buildings with residential financing in our personal names. We also own 15 buildings (50/50) in our LLC. The problem we are running into is that our investment properties with residenti...