How do you assess the dollar value for damages on items that are not easy to repair but still have useful life and aren't due for replacement? I'm not talking about normal wear and tear. I'm talking about obviou...

We turned a closet into a bathroom, a study into a bedroom, added a brand new kitchen, refined flooring, opened top the space by cutting out a wall and adding an eating space, handmade radiator covers, restored histor...

Stay went well and the guest said she loved the place so I am expecting a good review. However my cleaner found a stain on a bed skirt that will probably not come out. Plus, turns out the guest brought a dog and while...

Hello, I was wondering what renters typically like. Do they enjoy LVP or carpet for their bedrooms?

Howdy BPer's,My wife and I just finished hosting our first tenants in our MTR.  Really nice folks, however there was some very minor areas of abuse that we noticed; missing sheet, pen stain on the comforter.  How nit ...

Morning All:

I found myself in a discussion with a contractor friend talking flooring in my latest acquisition. We were in the local grocery store (Ralphs-out here in southern California). . .

. . .and the ah haaaa...

Hi BP,
I'm currently prepping my house to be sold within the next month. It has one major issue, the upstairs original hardwood was covered with carpet and a ton of glue. Almost every single floor refinishing contrac...

I thought I wanted to DIY but a week in and SO MUCH TRIM later, I'm second guessing. Feel like there are so many other things that need to be done and its taking way longer than I anticipated. Is hiring out painting w...

Hello everyone!

My husband and I just bought our first home right out of graduate school. We have big plans to grow our investments and part of that path is through real estate investments. Step 1 is to live in the 1...

After moving a nice doublewide manufactured home (1999) from seattle (no hard water) to tri-cities desert (lotsa hard water) after one year of tenants that may not have cleaned the tub surround, the tub went from an a...