Hello, Bigger Pockets colleagues! This is my first post and it's a question I've been wanting to ask for a long time. I keep reading about investors purchasing properties in need of major work and completing all renov...

Wanted to get everyones opinions.. We just closed on 22 units mid march and went back and forth on whether to organize the reno work schedule ourselves (schedule the demo guys, painter, buy floor, schedule floor insta...

Colorado / Denver agents and legal gurus - is anyone up to date on the issue of pet deposits as they relate to service animals? Guidance seems to be on both sides of the fence. It is generally illegal to refuse an app...

I appreciate the fact that these tenants have stayed for 14 years. In recent years we have painted, replaced flooring, remodeled bathrooms (tile, granite, cast-iron tubs) , new appliances, new granite in kitchen.  The...

Along with many others I'm sure, I read "The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs" by @J. Scott. Great book by the way so if you haven't gotten around to it, do so (it's a quick read). Since reading it I've felt like it nee...

I just got a new unit, a townhouse that had been completely redone by a contractor. New kitchen, new bathrooms, ceramic floors, it is all nicely done. I am moving in a tenant from one of my other units who wanted s...

I'll start off saying I know I made a lot of mistakes with this renter/ roommate. I'm a little shy so my spouse does most of the talking and screening. Big mistake this time around. The room they are renting is my gar...

I've heard the horror stories from landlords about how the tenant they were evicting poured cement down the toilet, played hammer darts in every room, ripped out the copper, or left piles of garbage for the landlord t...

so i was reading this http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/67/topics/21771-gut-rehab-costs and got the definition of a gut rehab

"A major restoration project on an old house or other building, ripping out ...