I am from California originally and the homes there are predominantly on slab foundations.  So I have little experience with crawlspaces.I just received the home inspection of a duplex I am in contract.  The inspector...

Hey guys!My name is Gabriel Cashman I'm 30 years old and I am originally from Northern and Southern California but relocated to Minneapolis Minnesota about 1.5 years ago.I currently work in technology at Apple and hav...

Is it industry standard for a property manager to charge 10% of renovation cost over 10,000 because typically there will be attention needed from them. I should mention the pm hired a general contractor who gave us a ...

Apparently I'm having a major Electric furnace problems since my Electric bill in December and January was $657. The worst part, the house is vacant, it is being bio washed, remodeled. at the moment.  The house was bu...

Hi,I have a question about the house maintenance. The tenant kept bothering me about a lot of repairing issue. I had replaced the refrigerator and washer since she moved in one year ago. When we signed the lease, I to...

Hi there - looking for some advice here.  Here are details:Tenant was having some issues with HVACI arranged my HVAC repair man to visit property, but tenant reschedules/no shows 3 times before they finally connect up...

Hi everyone! New to this forum, not exactly 'new' to REI, but I've been out of the business since 2007 and definitely need to get up to speed on what's changed and what's new after 6 years away.

My backgroun...

Just got a house under contract, SFR in San Jose, ca

$365k price, rehab, $30-35k

Rent estimate: $2400/ mo

ReSale price: about 430-460 k and maybe a little higher depending on market

All cash deal
Any suggestions ...

It finally happened.  Just closed on my first property in Dallas and one month in - the A/C died.  Can't blame the inspector too much - he notated that the unit was 20 + years old but didn't actually run it because it...

Hello All,This is my first post on BP.  I own a condo in Chicago that I rent out.  My tenant started renting May 1 of this year and within a month, heck 10 days, there have been a few things come up.  I'm new to this ...