A short history of me...

I became seriously interested in REI two years ago when a co-worker was telling me about his adventures in REI. He shared this community with me, and kept telling me his stories and showing ...

Good morning! I recently completed my first major REI (buy and hold) rehab and thought I would share my experience; mishaps, disasters and all, with everyone. My husband and I bought a 90 year old estate sale house...

Hi, This is my first post. Been a passive member for a while. I have 7 units, 4 buildings in Milwaukee managed by a reputed Property Management company. These are some of the repairs charges they have charged me over...

I have my eye on a property in which the foundation on one side of the duplex has crumbled due to run off from the hill to the rear of the building. So much so the kitchen floor towards the back of the house sank in a...

What should I look for in a roofer other than the standard contractor “licensed, bonded, insured”? What’s a reasonable price for Seattle or other HCOL markets? I have 4 layers of roof. Over read J Scott’s estimating r...

Was just told by an inspector that if they want to know if the house has a septic or cesspool I need to hire a septic company. Is he right? Is that the only way to find out? Seems very expensive! Thanks. 

Hi all -I am up to nine SFR rental properties and am starting to get maintenance requests from my residents.  Some of them are very minor such as tightening an outlet that has come lose which is a 5 minute fix.  I inh...

The Goal: My sister and I have a property tied up with the (possibly harebrained) plan to clean, paint, carpet, create an unpermitted “flag lot” with fencing, and fix a plumbing issue (10k), place tenants ($1,350/mont...

I am currently a week from closing on a fourplex. Last week we had the inspection and some issues were brought up concerning the roof. This is a flat membrane rubber roof. I just had a contractor out to bid on the roo...

Hi BP family, 
I just acquired my first rental property and the utilities need to be under my name or the PM company. However, the PM company charges at 10% markup fee while paying these utilities during vacancy. I w...