Hi guys!What kind of maintenance work do you do on your rentals?For example, do you make your property managers to clean gutters every year, service AC/furnace, service fireplace if there is one? What else? and how of...

Hi all,As much as I love investing in real estate, I hate doing the search and analysis work through hundreds of listings until I find a deal that actually makes sense for my goals. I was wondering if there was any so...

Hi there!I'm just starting a 1200 sqft renovation on a duplex in Washington state.  Ductless heating works well here, but I'm worried about tenants breaking them.  Central, ducted heating seems much more robust.  Can ...

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I have looked for hours on how to filter my spread sheets and can not find anything that is specific for the RE industry.

I get monthly lists from my agent of potential leads. Each mon...

Thank you Loren Thomas for the idea! http://www.biggerpockets.com/users/BumperLT  I have been working in the HVAC industry here in Chicago for 5 years. I work in the commercial/ industrial side but same concepts apply...

Hi everyone,I managed to get my first house rented this year (I'm a renter myself).  We just hit a cold snap here in Atlanta (temperatures hovering around 25F).  While there is a tenant currently living in the house, ...

Hello all, I'm new to this website and have a lot of questions concerning the do's and don'ts for renting a single family home. It will be for a 4br 3ba home with a pool in a gated community.  The home has been comple...

Hi all – I am curious to learn some of your best practices with respect to: Smoke detectors Carbon Monoxide detectorsFire extinguishers HVAC filter cleaning Lock changes between tenants I currently have property manag...

It has been really hot this week. When the tenant moved in everything was in good working condition.  HVAC is about 3 years old. Tenant is saying AC won't cool to 73 degrees. It hols on 80.I told the tenant not to low...

Good afternoon all,  I have a 6 unit apartment building in a small rural town that has issues with lime in the water.  It is causing problems with what seems to be just one unit in the building. Is there anything besi...