Lewis Eldridge
Adding Rental-appropriate Smart-Home features to Rental house
I'm in the process of renovating my latest rental house. I've been thinking about Smart-Home features which would be beneficial to a landlord as opposed to wiz-bang cool features to attract tenants. Specifically, I'm...
Timothy Doenges
Help! Hidden Health Dept Condemned sign!
I was just shown a property near me, low entry price. Owner had his relative come open the property and stood by the door whole time I was inside. GC and I decided repairs were more than the property would resell at a...
Sophia Wang
Mold Issue
I went to look at a potential flip this afternoon. The house is in great shape other than the fact that the whole house is covered in a layer of mold! At first when I step in, I thought it was just dirty, so the fl...
Jessica Franco
DIY Formica countertops
Does anyone have tips on DIY installation of Formica countertops? I'm thinking of grabbing a slab or two from Lowes or HD to replace current 20-year-old green laminate countertops. I have the time, for now, so plan on...
Tanya F.
Diary of our upstairs- personal residence
This is a little late starting, but I'll catch up quickly from planning to mid-project in this first post.We have a small house, started off at 750 sq ft when I bought it. I've added a sunroom (in 1995) and extended o...
Matt McCurdy
Managing Contractors' Budget & Schedule
In today's labor market, we are all hard pressed to find good, reliable, and affordable contractors to renovate investment property. I'm certainly not a newbie, but open to ideas on how to handle a delicate/finesse p...
Michael Peters
The dreaded my dishwasher sometimes leaks or doesn't clean call
About once or twice a month I receive a maintenance request for a dishwasher that's working but not quite right. Either its leaking occasionally, doesn't clean like it used to, or has a weird smell. Some are legitim...
Maurice Smith
Las Vegas property management (4 plex)
I will be a remote landlord. I stay in a different state from were i purchased my property. So i will have to hire a good property manager who i can trust to run ship. @Eric Fernwood referred me to " Golden West" p...
Cheryle Patterson
Tenant installed window AC in utitlies furnished rental
I have owned a 16 furnished room (dorm style) rental property for 14 years and never had a tenant do this. We rent the rooms for $395 per month and it includes power, water, sewer and garbage service. We keep the A/C...
David West
To (Air B N) B or not to (Air B N) B? That is the question.
Does anyone have experience with short term rentals on sites like Air B N B? I want to know the good, the bad, and the ugly! I'm in the San Diego market so there is a high demand for short term rentals and it seems li...