Craig Desnoyers
Color suggestions for LVP to go with Navajo White walls
Hey everyone,I recently closed on a 6 unit, and have gone about updating 1 of the units with some repairs and will need new flooring. I have gone ahead with painting Navajo White for all the walls, and Ultra White for...
Brian Washburn
To Carpet or Not to Carpet. That is the Question.
I just bought my first rental in Omaha, NE. It's a 3BR 1BA with 1900sqft. I'm putting about $6k into renovations, including rebuilding the bathroom from scratch and new kitchen vinyl floors. The house has about 1000s...
Alison Cummins
Preventing cat urine damage
I own and live in a pretty triplex with four rental units, built in 1928. One of my long-term tenants moved out. I installed new hardwood flooring in her unit and restored and shellacked the woodwork with the expectat...
Carrie W.
cost of renovated versus unrenovated apartments in NYC
I know this is a general question, but we are trying to figure out how to adjust calculations of fair market rents when comparing similar renovated versus unrenovated apartments. Are there any rough rules of thumb fo...
Alan Bosca
Charge prior tenant's security deposit for carpet issues?
Hi -
I have a 1 3/4 year old carpet with some stains - my new tenant is requesting a replacement carpet. I think the new tenant is being a tad picky, but my question is if it is fair to charge the prior tenant for re...
Cameron Harms
Best routine maintenance recommendations between tenants??
Curious what some of you do routinely between tenants? I recently had a tenant move out and went to the property and completed a few items but want to build a list of things to do each time. Here’s what I did, please ...
John Walker
Rental Property Tenant Issue...I need advice ASAP
I had a tenant move out a month before her lease ended. I agreed to it, if I was able to find a new tenant that can take over the property with no lapse in rent. I hired a property management company to merely take ...
Phil B.
Interior damage caused by current tenant - Renew lease or not?
The time has come for an annual lease renewal on one of our SFH rentals. We contact the tenants and they are interested in renewing with one request. They want the interior main floor repainted. They have been in t...
Jennifer Castro
Flooring
Hello everyone! Please advise further on what type of floor is best for a rental investment in the Miami area, something not so pricey yet durable. Thanks.
Andrew Angerer
Quality vs replaceable?
Hey everyone, I belong to a local REI facebook group which recently had a discussion about carpet, do you buy cheap carpet and replace every time a tenant leaves? Or do you buy quality and hope for the best when you c...