Hello All (Hopefully this is the right forum for this discussion!)I recently bought a condo that was owner-occupied for 30 years - and the owner was a big time smoker. The ceilings and walls are disgusting! The smel...

Hi all,For kitchen cabinets and installation I am looking at the best bang for your buck options. It's for a rentals Kitchen that is about 10x10 on the South Side of Bloomfield Ave, in Bloomfield... The unit is in the...

I'm owner occupied in a duplex. My tenants that live below me in a large 3bd/1ba unit have been there for almost 3 years now. I rent the unit for $700. I've never raised their rents. When I purchased the property, I t...

I went to tenant/possession court today.  My goal was to determine if it is a good method of finding disillusioned landlords who would want to sell their properties and get out of being a landlord.  I had some time to...

Has anyone ever purchased cabinets from Cabinets To Go (a franchise supplier in about 20 states)?

I'm getting ready to start rehabbing in an area where there is a local store, and am trying to decide if the value/qua...

Not sure how your states are handling this but Oregon passed new laws in January and they are not kidding.we got caught in the middle of the change and got a 16k fine plus had to pay 19k for remediation.now this proje...

Hey BP,

So I bought my first property last year in Tampa, FL. Its a SFH with a half-converted detached garage in the back.
Pretty soon I realized that I have health issues when I'm in the home, and it seems to be ...

I've been lurking for a couple of months, but with a closing in two weeks for our first real investment property I decided it was time to introduce myself.

My husband and I have been renting out the houses ...

Evaluating a triplex in Lousiville, Ky. Louisville is known to have a lot of older homes, but how old is too old?
The house is built in 1904. Three 2 bed, 1 bath units. Two out of the three are currently rented. Cons...

Pretty much any house you walk into in America has compression shutoff valves at the water line hookups under every sink and behind every toilet in the house. These compression valves where never designed to last. The...