Steven Anderson
Maintenance when you have hard water
We've recently purchased a buy and hold in Texas and the water is very hard. It's 5 years old so I'm sure there's build up. I'd like to try to reduce the effects of zero maintenance during this period and implement a...
Steve J.
Maintenance Budget Question
Hello BP!I’m a newbie, I purchased a home warranty for my rental, I got the everything plan! Prior to this, I was allocating 10% for capital expenditures every month, and 5% for regular house maintenance. Given that I...
Edward Roe
How to charge for laundry
My wife and I recently purchased our first Multifamily. This property came with large laundry appliances in the basement for each unit. None of which have any sort of payment system attached. I don’t necessarily want ...
Sean Kuhn
Repair appliance or replace?
When do you guys know when to repair an appliance, or replace it. My appliance guy is a minimum 65 per visit. Most guys do this. My theory is I take the original price of the appliance, divide it by the number of year...
Jason Cunningham
Including refrigerator - personal property? maintenance?
Hello all,I have a question about including a refrigerator (and washer + dryers for that matter) in our rentals. Currently we have 4 rentals, all include refrigerators. As the fridge is technically personal property...
Jahan Habib
Appliances
I am under contract on a Condo in RI and need some advice. This is a small 1 Bedroom place that has been run down due to the same tenant living in the property and the owner not doing maintenance.I am planning on re-d...
Christina R.
"rent ready"
Would some clarify for me what the concept of "rent ready" is in terms of rehabbing - I see ads for properties being wholesaled whereby the wholeseller puts out the expected repair costs to rehab the home for a retail...
Roy Gutierrez
Appliances in rentals
Hi,
I have 2 properties in Oak Park MI that I'm about to rent for May:
House 1: signing lease tomorrow, in the better part of this small city for $1,700/month (rents for a similar house go for $1,400 ...
Richard Arden
is it worth adding an in unit washer/dryer
I'm about it invest in Brooklyn NY and I was thinking of ways to add value for relatively low costs. in unit washer dryers occupy about 25% of homes in NYC. there are laundrymats everywhere. I know I would personally ...
Jack Quin
House Maintenance Question
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...