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I've been house hunting in Houston for a while now, and I finally found what I think might be my house-hacking dream home. The home was built in 2007, never flooded, currently priced well under market value, and after...
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Hi BP -- so I'm actually asking for my current property which has a basement. Here's the skinny:We just had someone come and rip out all the flooring (carpet/carpet pad)We ripped out the carpet because our cats I thin...
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I did a search and the information I found was a couple of years old, what are you all currently using for flooring in your rentals? I am closing on a rental on monday and it has some cheap click together laminate fl...
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Hey all, just picked up a 3 family in Worcester, Massachusetts with some old appliances. The tenants are currently having issues with their old Caloric combo gas range/heater. It looks very similar to this style oven....
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Hi all,
so I recently purchased a duplex, and just two months later we have a disaster happening. the pipe leading the sewage water to the street collapsed, and now sewage water is flooding into my tenants basement. ...
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Just purchased my first investment property!
Starting to do some work around the place, first order of business was to remove this built in shelf unit, then removal of the baseboard that were in poor shape. To my sur...
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Hi BP! I'm looking for some advice on a dilemma I'm having with one of my rental properties. I own a short-term rental in the Charleston area that is a really nice townhome. It cash flows well as a short term rental, ...
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Hi all - I'm considering buying into a house hack situation, a 2 or 3 unit (most likely 2) building that has the potential to duplex. I would live in the duplexed unit and rent the other(s). I'm also open to duplex ...
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Hey everyone, I’m looking at potentially starting my first renovation on what would be a STR in my town. Most of the rehab needed is cosmetic to bring more life to this older property (1940’s). One of my largest conce...
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Trying to find the right contractor for something. My new tenant is saying that they smell a weird smell (not gas, says it smells closer to a dead animal) the strongest in a 5’x5’x2’ enclosed area, and not the whole h...