Carl Fordyce
effective methods to track income and repair expenses by units?
i just bought my first rental its a 4-plex building I've been racking my brain on finding the best method for tracking my monthly income to expenses on a per unit basis. I've looked at things on BP but everything is b...
Nick Gray
High Arsenic Levels for Property Under Contract w/ Private Well
I currently have an 8-unit, 16-bedroom apartment building under contract in New Hampshire. I am working through my 30-day due diligence period and it has been discovered that the private well that serves the property ...
Joe Sampson
Conditional Use Permit / Commercial VS Residential Duplex
I have an up/down duplex I am currently renovating and have some choices to make. It's on a very high traffic street, has a wrap around driveway and currently a zoned duplex in a mostly residential area.
The upstair...
Larry Turowski
Flooring suggestion for uneven concrete floor
I'm beginning to remodel units in a small complex with concrete floors. Here is a before picture of one of the units. They all were kinda ugly and had rugs which would require constant cleaning or replacement:Here i...
Brittany Kuschel
Fixer Upper Multi-family in Lincoln Park
Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $145,000
Cash invested: $60,000
Buy and Hold Fixer Upper (owner occupy while renovating)
What made ...
Siyi Tang
Creative strategies for house hacking
My partner and I plan to buy a home (single family or duplex) and house hack. We are not comfortable with sharing rooms with the tenant, so a separate entrance such as an ADU would be ideal. We are considering purchas...
Brad Ratushny
Industry Analysis - 5% growth
When reports state something like "The national apartment market’s annual effective rent growth rate of 5.1% in June 2015 represented a 47-month high, and continued a streak of 5.0%-plus rent growth..." the growth rat...
Jacob Portalatin
Sell or Mid-Term One Unit or Two
Hello, I have a three-level townhome in Annandale, VA. I move next year, military duty, and I am considering whether I should sell or mid-term rent. My monthly PITI is 3071. Long-term rent would not cash flow.
The h...
Byron W.
Unit gets 70-80% humidity in Chicago (70 degree weather)
Hello, I'm house hacking a 3 unit in Chicago. The first floor unit gets really humid. There's no AC. It gets humid with the windows closed. With the windows open, it helps circulate air more of course but doesn't do m...
Kraig Krueger
Replace Old Furnace and window AC with new HVAC???
I am purchasing a 1970's SFH locally in Minnesota as a long term rental that has new siding, windows, roof, and a new kitchen, but has a Lennox furnace from 1999, and a window AC unit on the main level. Both are stil...