D Higgs
How often are you expecting Property Managers to walkthrough
Let's say you have your property, and everything is going according to plan with your REI. How often do you want your PA doing a walkthrough of your tenant occupied units? Is this allowed? If so, is there a difference...
Matt J.
Creating an Air BnB Plan
Hey everyone. We currently have 3 long term rentals that have done pretty well for us and for our next purchase, I want to dive into a short term vacation rental. This will be located too far away from me for me to ha...
Jason King
Financial Assumptions
Hi All,
I am a new prospective investor and I am putting together some information for a partner so that we can start the search for our first property! One of the to-do's that I am personally tasked with is to dev...
Ryan R.
Stolen Main Circuit Breaker
I'm in the process of buying a foreclosure that had the main circuit breaker (disconnect) stolen. The main panel is located in the house and is fine. I've got some electricians coming out to give me some estimates but...
Manuel A.
Check out my First Prospect! Guess the Repair Costs!
Alrighty my fellow BiggerPocketians, here are the crazy pictures of my first prospect. But before we begin, you may have noticed I uploaded a picture of my actual self... So yeah... that's me, nice to meet you all hah...
Sam Leon
Hired help can drive you INSANE!
First of all, I didn't start this thread to attack the professional tradesmen, but sometimes it gets to a point where even if you want to pay someone for a job, you end up DIYing the last 10% (or 25 or 50) of the work...
Michael Mackney
First rental property not cash flowing
Hey everyone. I've had a duplex for the last 5 months in a C/C+ area. Original numbers and inspection report made it look like on paper that I would be cash flowing after raising rents to market rents but month after ...
Sam Leon
Wear and Tear? Or Not?
Fellow landlords, are the following something you would considered "normal wear and tear" or no?
Window blinds - these blinds were brand new before the tenant moved in 16 months ago. I am not sure what happe...
Justin F.
Upgrading Underground Powerlines - Trenching PG&E Bay Area
Hi,
I've got underground powerlines and the PG&E vault box is across the street on my neighbors property. PG&E said if I wanted to upgrade my existing 100A electrical panel to 200A, I'd have to trench from m...
Uwe K.
How long to paint a room?
Just curious about those who do their own painting. How long does it take you to paint an avg. size room. Let's assume:
- a 10x12 room
- ceiling one color, with a simple piece of moulding in the same color
- walls a ...