My tenant wants to install a TV mount and potentially move the cable hole in the wall. I think the mount is reasonable, but he can just run a longer cable and deal with the cable hole where it is. What do you think? H...

How much do yinz budget for repairs and capex for single family rentals from the early 1900's in the Pittsburgh area?  Rules of thumb such as 5% of gross rent for repairs, and 5-7% for capex seem optimistically low fo...

Anyone have experience with the new homedepot Lifeproof vinyl planks?  Salesman said they are a big step up from the Allure Ultra product.  It is 6.3 mm thick, waterproof core and under layment, and locking joints. Pr...

I’m looking to move to either Tampa or Vegas to work in commercial real estate (brokerage) and I’m leaning towards Vegas. The plan would be to wait tables nights and weekends and do commercial real estate during the d...

So I am looking at a commercial piece of property to use on my own behalf ( that is the primary plan anyway). I have found a unique property and have communicated with the seller directly. This property is not listed ...

Let's kick off this forum with a starter thread here in St. Paul.   It doesn't seem right we don't have anything going here!I'm a newer investor in Roseville, but St. Paul has a lot of opportunities.   I looked yester...

Scenario: John is an older investor looking to fund his passive cash flow while getting out of his real estate investments and Susie is a young energetic investor that is just getting started with all the knowledge sh...

I’m currently in the military and stationed in Colorado but thinking of possibly moving to Texas by 2020. I’m
looking to buy my first property sometime by the end of this year and was wondering which market would be ...

Being that there are many more wrong ways to accomplish a given task than there are right ways I thought a thread covering some of the "donts" might be useful for those just getting their feet wet in repairs and renov...

Hello BP!

I am looking into getting into flipping properties technically for the first time. I have experience with renovating properties, as the first 2 homes I bought were fixers (one I lease now and the ...