Hi,My name is Susan and I am a newbie with each and every aspect related to real estate but I think I will make it a considerable portion of my investing portfolio from now on. :)For a start, there this is an old or p...

I am preparing to rent out an upper middle class home in the best school district in Charlotte, NC.  Homes range from 250,000-multi-million dollar range. My home would most likely appraise for around $350,000 and I pl...

If someone agreed to "refinish hardwood floor" as part of the scope of work in a contract, and the work they performed was to simply vacuum the floor and then use a mop to apply what looks to be either a brown paint o...

We want to replace these old, 90's bifold doors in a house that will be a nicer rental. The current doors open into the master bathroom and bang the vanity when they open, and one of the sinks is unusable when the doo...

Hi all. Just curious if there is a common practice in dealing with older homes with old doors. Most rehabs I see have new doors and hardware. But i was wondering if you'd replace a solid wood doors for the hollow ones...

We are currently in the process of buying a house. It needs some love. Basic stuff like paint and carpet. But the kitchen cabinets are horrible. We don't have the budget to remodel the kitchen right now so I am leanin...

Another super sexy topic I am starting here (jk).  I have to replace quite a few doors at a rental unit I am turning.  About 80% of the interior doors in the unit were broken.  In the previous tenants defense, none of...

Hi everyone, I read a previous thread about wood paneling and someone in that thread suggested leaving the wood paneling instead of getting rid of it and having to repaint every time for a new tenant. With a multi uni...

Hello all, I have searched the forums and know that most of you do not recommend carpets for your rentals and I completely agree.  However, I have a townhome with an existing laminate flooring on the first floor livin...

We're at the final steps at closing on a cottage, and an Issue I ran into is with the bank issued appraisal. The bank has deemed the appraisal as incomplete, and because of it started digging into the the pictures cur...