Hello everyone,

I managed a small apartment complex in California. 
Tenant set fire to a 1-bedroom apartment. He is now in custody for arson charge.
The fire was started in the bedroom which was most damaged. Dry...

I have a duplex in North Austin that I am house hacking and listing the other side on Airbnb. I found the 'sweet spot' for what I can charge in terms of rent. I have been getting $2,650-$2,750/month recently for my 2/...

There is a building in the center of the old downtown portion of my city that is for sale. I haven't looked at it yet, but it's 3 stories and about 5K sqft total. It's going to need a major rehab (I'm assuming electri...

I know I will have gross revenue from rentals for income tax purposes which would include cleaning fees collected.  For income tax purposes, I know I can deduct the actual cleaning costs so that portion of revenue bec...

Hi All,I am updating a unit in the next few weeks and I am painting the walls gray with white trim, and I have these light brown metal electric heater covers that I want to paint white also, is there a special paint I...

The utility room in one of my rentals is in the center of the house without access to an exterior wall. The dryer vents to the crawl space into PVC pipe. The run is about 15 ft. with a few 90 degree turns. When th...

I currently have a 3/2 that I rent by the room. They are two main living rooms, I am thinking about taking one of the living rooms and converting it to a bedroom. Of course by a license contractor with the correct per...

Besides the obvious cosmetic work like painting, how do I know what else should be done to get a single family house "rental ready?"

Hi everyone.  I recently bought a rental property and I need to replace the range oven.  Question, is it better to by a flat surface top or one that has heating coils instead? Aesthetically the flat top looks better, ...

Do you LL's ever get HVAC serviced to tune up and prevent problems?
Why or why not? Cost?

Thanks