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This spring/summer I would like to paint all the aluminum siding and trim work. I don't know what color to go with as I'm not the greatest designer. I was thinking white or a light grey. Everything but the brick a...
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How are y’all calculating your projected maintenance expenses for BRRRR properties?I know the rule of thumb for a traditional rental is 40-50% all in expenses (vacancy, prop mgmt, taxes, ins, repairs, CapEx, etc)..But...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $180,000
Cash invested: $50,000
It's a freshly updated 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom ranch home. Fresh paint throughout, be...
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Hey guys, I'm interested in making an offer on a 500 sqft studio condo in the Jersey City area. It almost needs a gut renovation (new bathroom, kitchen, repaint wall, sand the floor). I had one contractor look over an...
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Hello,I wanted to know if anyone can answer a specific question in regards to renovating with lead paint.What kind of renovations specifically DISTURB lead based paint? I imagine changing or ripping out the dry wall, ...
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Hello everyone, this is my first post, as I am new to the industry. I am an aspiring home flipper here in europe and I would like to know, how do you estimate the appreciation of a house or real estate piece? let me k...
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I've been keeping eyes on two properties and requested the repair history from the current PM. Property A has very frequent repair history (30% rent went into repair last year), the largest ones being "new LVP", "kit...
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My HML requested an appraisal. Cost $500 and I provided an itemized list of repairs, along with pictures. I was not asked for the lockbox code (i don't have it anyways, the seller's realtor does)Curious how these type...
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So I just purchased a new home to live in......they started out at 269,900 for it.......bought it for 192,500....decent deal. Made the wifey happy, the only real reason we bought it.....Plan to live in it, and she ha...
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Greetings, all!My fiance has a family member that is willing to sell us a house for way under its current value that she inherited from her adoptive mother, who passed away a few years ago. The house is in a bad state...