landlords, what do you do with storm doors? keep them? take them off?

i kept them on the last house and while they were moving, the rear door fell off and almost hit the mover. it bent the corner of the door and aft...

Hello everyone,I'm in the process of closing escrow on a fourplex and a triplex. All tenants are currently on a month-to-month. I already have 10 tenants on my existing investments and they all started with a one-year...

I apologize if this is the wrong forum for this.

It's time to paint my personal home again. Given the estimates I've received, and the frequency of repainting required, I'm tempted to have the wood siding rem...

Hello everyone, I am a newbie real estate investor from Maui , Hawaii. I just joined BP a few days ago: Looks like a great site and I'm happy to be here.

Currently, I work as a caregiver for my elderly mother. Part o...

Hi All:

So I just have a quick question...have any of you ever found it very difficult to find tenants for a place you recently renovated? I'm just asking becasue we bought several units within a matter of weeks, no...

2/2 BR Duplex, $150,000 sell price* Rents $800/month=$1600/month both unitsExpenses:Mortgage ($150K @5%-budgeting high) $853/monthTaxes-$333/monthLawn/Snow $45/monthPM-$$160/month (10%)Utilities-Tenant pays allInsuran...

Hello BP,I've been reading some posts on here and have gotten a ton of good info.  I've also downloaded a few of the podcasts and have started to listen to them as well on my long commute home from work.Speaking of wo...

Is it my imagination or are certain inner city areas where there are alot of boarded up houses starting to gentrify or turn around?? In other words is it a good investment to buy these $5,000 or $10,000 houses now?

Hey BP!  My name is Darcy, 26 years old living in the heart of NYC. Last month I got laid off from my job as an IT BRM for one of NYs largest REITs.  Prior to jumping back into the job force, a majority of my time ...

I realized that most people haven't seen this yet since it's only viewable on the homepage when a person is not logged in. So I thought some of you might like to check it out:  BiggerPockets Homepage Video from Bigger...