Brant Schumaker
COVID-19: Answering questions as an epidemiologist
I'm new to REI but my professional training is in epidemiology and I'm happy to add value by discussing the outbreak. Obviously, we can't know what the future holds but there are some pretty standard principles in pla...
Devin James
Significant Housing Shortage
This chart illustrates the significant shift in housing supply over the past two decades. The recent undersupply has created serious affordability challenges.This data confirms what many of us already feel in the mark...
Jonna Weber
Utilities on SFH Rentals
To experienced SFH investors, what utilities, if any, do you typically include for your house tenants? I am purchasing the first SFH rental that I've had in a while, and was wondering what the standard is these days....
Heather Alte
Water still flowing even after main shutoff
We had a pipe bust and we turned off the water at the main so that we could prevent further water damage and to repair the broken pipe. Well, the water never stopped flowing. It is impossible for us to glue on the...
Roger S.
Lesson learned while doing a furnace repair
Tenant texted me this morning that the central heat wasn't working. So, off I go, to spend a couple of hours checking it out. The ignitor looked weak, so I replaced it with a universal I keep on hand. No go. Dig...
John Meyers
Urban Short-Term Rentals Niche
My business partner and I are creating a real estate investment firm. -- Our niche will be acquiring Chicago properties to convert to short-term rentals.
We will acquire the properties under our LLC and keep them re...
Jon Gable
Interest rates vs rents
I've been thinking a lot about interest rates, specifically, how I'm afraid of missing the boat on what are still historically pretty low rates. My question is this: do rents trend with interest rates? It seems l...
Sage Souther
Oversized Pocket Door In Rental?
One of the units I’m remodeling has this VERY LARGE existing pocket door that leads into one of the bedrooms. I think the door is beautiful and adds a lot of character to the home. The problem, it’s very loud when it ...
Isaiah Coe
City Doesn't Have A Water Shutt-Off List?
Hello,
I contacted a city rep(+500,000 pop) to try to get their water shut off list and was informed that they "have not shut off water for delinquent accounts for some time". Is that odd?
Or some type of special ...
Timothy W.
Stop frozen pipes in rentals
I can't believe I didn't think of this one before.
If you're in a cold area, do this or have this done:
1. Go into the basement or crawlspace and find 2 pipes. First, find the pipe that is your hot water going o...