Isacc Lightbourn
Has anybody ever tried to put hardwood floors in their rental?
I’ve read that the kitchen and bathroom are (usually) the best places to lay tile because they add the most value. As for the rest of the house I am confused, shouldn’t hardwood floors best fit the rest of the house ...
Christine N.
Inheriting a hoarder tenant
I am making my first rental property investment on my own. After 8 months of searching and several almost deals, I found this FSBO as soon as it came on the market. Bank appraisal was higher than sale price. Home is...
Judd Campbell
Rehab for rental on townhouse? Cat pee nightmare
Looked at a Townhouse. Here are the stats.
3 bed that had the 2 smaller bedrooms modified to make one large room. so currently a 2 bed 1.5 bath. Brick faced and ~1100 square ft.
The place needs a roof (...
Jacobus Rex
Pest Control--Mice--Not taking the bait!?!?!
Hi,
SFR in Minneapolis. Tenants have complained of mice, three different times over 5-6 years. I've had local well-known pest control company there three different times, at least. Still in the last year tenant com...
Minna Reid
Rehab to rentals
Ok so I'm looking at one of these...needs some lighter rehab maybe 20k. It's a duplex, rents for the area are about about 1700. They are not way far off from my max purchase price of 80-90k (including rehab costs)...I...
Josh L.
Carpeting
I know many landlords have gotten rid of most of their carpeting, but I'm still keeping it for the upstairs bedrooms, stairs, and for a living room downstairs. I've got tile in the rest of the house and hopefull...
Ted Klein
Inherited Tenant With Small Dog & No Pet Policy
Hello BP, I just closed on a duplex in Marysville WA. One unit is vacant and the other has an inherited tenant with a small dog. There is a $200 non-refundable pet deposit in place. When we purchased the property we w...
Roy Gutierrez
Flooring for 2 recently purchased properties
Need to make a few decisions and I still don't have my big boy pants to make them! Bought 2 houses in the city of Oak Park here in Michigan, not a high end area but definitely a nice quiet/affordable city with very...
Travis H.
First Time Landlord With Some Questions
Hello fellow BP members,I am excited to say that my wife and I are closing on our first buy and hold/house hack duplex today!So let me paint a picture first. The property we have obtained came with two existing tenant...
Anna Buffkin
How to Evict Mickey?
Help! I can't seems to properly evict rodents from one of my properties. I have a 3rd floor condo in South Carolina with a rodent problem. It is pre-existing to my tenants and they appear to be clean people. My cl...