Matt R.
If you maintain property yourself, what spare parts do you stock?
Hello all!If you manage and maintain your own properties, what spare parts do you stock?What I have in mind are things that might make the house "unlivable", or parts that can be used to at least make the house safe o...
Vijay T.
Chicago Multi-family HVAC Retrofit
Hello,My apologies if this topic is covered elsewhere. If so, feel free to point me to it. We are about to acquire a 10+ unit multi-family residential building in Chicago built c. 1970, and are exploring options for u...
Rocky Gibson
First Time Rental Property Purchase - Quick Question
Hi Everyone!A bit about me - I recently purchased my first home in June, and am now currently house hacking that property. This, along with my sister's background in real estate with 9~ units, got me excited to start ...
Nick Rutkowski
How does one go about buying real estate on Mars?
It's going to happen. One day, maybe in our life time maybe in our kid's life time. Elon Musk wants to terraform the red planet back to green and blue. Let's say it works and we can now travel to our neighboring plane...
Brandon Brown
Dealing with Realtors
Wondering what your thoughts are?I wanted to offer below asking price with seller credit, on a foreclosed home. Semi-unlikely I know, but not impossible. My realtor gives me several contradicting answers/ statements. ...
Yuriy Tymoshenko
AC HVAC and lease clause
Happy AC season opening everyone! The summer is kicking up a notch in Florida and Im getting constant AC trouble calls for my properties as HVAC are working in the sixth gear. This weekend I had to deal with tenant wh...
Jimmy Woodard
Neighbors ruining the Airbnb party
Just got a house under contract in Tahoe and already we’re having problems. Apparently 3 of our future neighbors were harassing my agent today at the property because they found out we’re turning it into a (legal) Air...
Anant Lal
How to respond to unnecessary repair requests.
I just had a new set of tenants move into my rental. Their initial move-in form noted a few conditions that they asked to have repaired. Although I was able to fix most of the issues, there were one or two that I coul...
Katie Sorensen
Utility bills - what would you do?!
Hi Guys,I have a 4 plex in Akron, OH that I just transferred to a new property manager. They got all units rented within a matter of a week, which was awesome! But they failed to charge the tenants utilities besides e...
Marcin Chojnacki
THE STAGING QUESTION: SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T I?
I get asked this question a lot...is staging really worth it? The answer isn't as simple as it may seem. Many pro's will always say yes! I will say...IT DEPENDS.There's many unique situations in real estate where your...