I'm looking at an eight unit apartment with a detached 36x48 warehouse/shop. It has power, water, cable and telephone. There is a bathroom with a utility sink in the rear corners. There is one garage door now but i...

On the lid of my water heater is a cold water inlet pipe and what looks like a freeze plug to the right of that; clockwise, there is the main electrical cable connection; on the far left is another freeze plug; inboar...

Do you put curtain rods or blinds in a new rental? I have another LTR coming on line soon and I think I’m going to install curtain rods and let the tenant buy or choose curtains.I have blinds in other rentals and they...

A family member of mine has around $300K in equity in their home. They are never planning on moving and I have been trying to convince them to pull out some of the equity and buy a rental. Their main argument is they ...

Hello all,We are closing on a 12unit next month. The inspection showed there are 8 water heaters that are near double life expectancy (so they are 10 year water heaters but some are 18 years old). Would you replace th...

I had an electrician address a problem with my hot water heater, he fixed the wiring, but referred me to a plumber to replace the heating element and thermostat. The plumber wants to replace the entire unit for $2,800...

Hello. Looking for some advice on the railing on my balcony. I don't see a lot of damage, but there was a missing cap on one of the posts, 1.25 inch diameter.  I also don't see that there is a drainage point, not unti...

Hello, Frequent visitor to this forum to learn about landlord for the last few years and have a few rental properties in DFW area. However, this time I need some feedback from other landlord. I understand that landlor...

Hello! My wife and I are renovating our house in order to eventually rent it out. The water heater's bed pan is rusting through and the water heater needs replacing. We live in Colorado Springs which has fairly hard w...

Hello yall, im working on a short sale deal but with a potential of a good value. However id like to use either private funding or hardmoney. This will be my first deal and i have questions.
Most Important is i wann...