I just had a toilet run for about 6 hours (tenant was gone) that happened to clog, came home to water dripping in the garage which is directly under the bathroom.  We started drying out the area right away.  I'm not s...

Hey BP,As all of us in New England, Boston, Massuchusetts last winter was really cold and snowy.My tenants in my;-NON insulated- built in 1912 --1300sqft per unit w high ceilings -2 familywere very cold and burned thr...

Hi All, I'm under contract on my first buy and hold, and there isn't any central A/C (not too uncommon here in Chicago.) For landlords who have similar units, do you always provide the a/c units come summertime and go...

Landlords and Property Managers should stop inspecting occupied rentals.For residents, an inspection feels like a prison shakedown without the cavity search.For owners, negative goodwill with the residents and some ph...

The building department wants the wall that separates the 2 units fire rated 1hour. I have no idea where to start. I asked the city for some help and they send me to google. Any help is appreciated thanks.

Hello Everyone,
I am new to the Forums and real estate. It's my first time posting here and it's a long one.
I wanted to give everyone here a shout out, most notably Brandon Turner and David Greene for solidifying s...

So I did my due diligence and ordered the inspection and it came up with just a little mold in one closet in the bathroom. No biggie we'll clean and clear it.
While talking with the neighbors about possibly splitting ...

Hey guys and gals, I have my next short term rental property under contract. It is an up/down duplex, where we will be renting out the top and bottom unit through Airbnb/VRBO. My question is, does anyone have good inf...

In crawling the crawlspace of a $40-45k mill house (tiny, sort of subsistence standard of living), I noticed that whoever did the re-wire, most likely didn't do it to code or have it inspected.I know that the current ...

I don't know if this is the best place for this post but here it is. I just wanted to share my story of looking for flips.I work at a hospital full time 10hr/day x 4days/wk so I get one day off during the week to do c...