Ok, so I'm an owner/operator landlord in the capital of Florida.    College town FSU land... so, I took a deposit on 2/13 from an out of state tenant, 2 young girls, checked out ok, they had a local friend look at the...

I have a 4 unit multifamily in Chicago and would like to upgrade the vacant unit.  The unit is large (1750 sq ft) and is a 3bd/1.5 bath, but the building is old and the units don’t have a/c or dishwasher.  PM thinks i...

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I have a great mentor who I met from right here on BP, and he hired me to project manage a duplex renovation for future rentals. It was purchased by a foreign investor in Hong Kong who as...

I had a major water main break - totally flooded the basement in my duplex! I reported it right away to my insurance company, but a claims adjuster couldn't come out today.

The Philadelphia Water Department came out ...

I own and live in a pretty triplex with four rental units, built in 1928. One of my long-term tenants moved out. I installed new hardwood flooring in her unit and restored and shellacked the woodwork with the expectat...

I’m in the middle of buying my first Singe family home in Texas. I got it at $82k (listed at $84,900) , but the home inspection came back with several deficiencies. For example all windows don’t open (all windows ha...

I have been wary of houses on a slab becuse I worry about having to drill up the floor in case there is a plumbing issue (and there always seems to be a plumbing issue). What are your experiences with houses on a sla...

Hello,We recently had tenants move out, and in 10 years and 8 properties, we've never seen anything like this. The home is large, so there was a large deposit and a pet deposit totaling $2400. There were flies everywh...

Hi,I have a question about the house maintenance. The tenant kept bothering me about a lot of repairing issue. I had replaced the refrigerator and washer since she moved in one year ago. When we signed the lease, I to...

I purchased a fix and flip that got complicated when we found one of the basement walls was bowing in. It ended up being an easy fix, getting steel braces installed for about $6000. Then things went south...I decided ...