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Hello everyone!I recently bought a duplex with tenants living in it. On one of the side the tenants was smoking inside and had been for 4 years. When we did there lease we talked to them about how they will not be abl...
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First if its your property do what ever the law will allow you to do without a contractors license. With that being said I am a contractor an electrical contractor to be exact. For those that don't know the majority o...
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I went to my unit to work today while the tenant was at work. I noticed the smoke / Carbon monoxide detector had the batteries pulled. I texted him and he said it keeps going off when he cooks and even when he puts so...
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Tim posted an intriguing thread on food storage and there were great posts on differing points of view and things needed. If we get into a really bad situation,pre-apocalypse, there are some other things neccessary.
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I've been of the mindset not to waste my time chasing pennies from tenants that move out leaving minor problems but in the past year I've had 2 tenants that have moved out & broke lease early that have cost us $5k...
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I have heard many people talk about how finding small multi family in their area is hard, and I don’t know if I’m not looking in the right place but it’s been hard to find for me too. With house hacking as the first d...
If sell a note to somebody, does the lenders title policy and hazard insurance have to be changed to cover the new note holder, or does the coverage somehow automatically transfer to the assignee?
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Hey Everyone! As you can tell, we've upgraded our forums. This has been an EXTREMELY complicated project and we ask that you please be patient with us as we work through the bugs.
We know about most of them and sho...
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Hi BP,I was wondering if anyone had insight on septic tanks and water wells. A property that was recently listed has great numbers, but it is on septic tanks and water wells. What can go wrong with these, what are the...
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I spoke with a lawyer in regards to the idea of "wholesaling" properties and his take was to just write an option contract outright rather than create what is essentially an option contract by including an escape clau...