Right now, I am in the beginning stages of real estate investment spending a lot of my time educating myself. "House Hacking" is probably my best strategy while searching for my first property. I'm single, financially...

Hello all,
I have a rental property at which the tenant just told me the AC is no longer working. The problem is the guy who installed the condenser and warranted it and who would give me the best price is out of to...

What percentage of my rehab budget should be set aside as a cushion. Right now the renovation budget is at 45k and we haven't opened any walls, looked at the roof or the furnace. We know we want to update the kitchen,...

I've learned a few money saving ideas over the years mostly from @J Scott. These include using one paint color for all houses whether flips or rentals, ordering carpet considered "seconds'," buying at the pro desk ...

There are three issues around water utilities work that don't make that much sense to me. These issues are likely to get much worse due to the lack of investment of in water infrastructure and climate change in the co...

So so weird....The tenant calls about a month ago saying the ceiling in the basement is dripping water o_O. He did shut the water down to prevent further damage.We rush there, open up the ceiling, drain all the water ...

I am skipping a lot of key material related to house building, but I guess anyone can check out my website for the full package.  Here are some more summary posts lets try and throw a few more in here and go 21 - 28 a...

Hey everyone,I am keeping with the preparation for equipping my first short-term rental with multimedia and furnishing, and started to wonder what is the best way to add wireless speakers in a listing without the abil...

I have a vacation cabin in mountains that our family used to go pretty often for summer break, vacations and holidays. But now we go there less and less often, we are thinking about if there is any way to use it to br...

So I just wanted to see some feedback on this. I have been renting out my primary residence basement and recently had a vacancy and tried air bnb this week. I had a surprising turnout, it was booked for 4 out of the 5...