Hi everyone!This is my *personal* home...not a rental. I live in a contemporary-style Cedar home. We have updated it a lot over the years and now I'm beginning on my living room.The living room has a cathedral ceiling...

Dear BPers,Our third project has been on the market for 70+ days and hasn't sold. DC is a pretty hot market so this is a bad sign. (...Don't want to get into a discussion of that deal on this post though.)As a result,...

First a little bit of background on the house: it is a 3 bed 1.5 bath cape cod, in an older neighborhood of a class A suburb outside of Milwaukee. It was listed on the MLS, had been bank owned for about 5 years and wa...

So here's my very first horror story of landlording if you'd like to call it that.

Tenant says she never goes into the basement because she doesn't have anything down there and thus has no reason to go. Two w...

I received some awesome feedback on what type of flooring I should be putting in my new rental (link), and thought that folks might have an equal amount of input to share on kitchens as well. Below is a picture of wha...

I spent a lot of time fixing up a rental, did all the work myself (with a friend), I considered the paint-job a work of art, apparently the tenant didn't think so, he not only primed the walls but also the trim now I'...

I recently acquired a two family home: 1 bed/1 bath and 3 bed/2 bath. Across the street, a brand new apartment building are completing their build and rentals will be available in April. Their rental prices are: 1 Bed...

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The garage floor has seen better days. It’s never been painted and has over the years had oil and likely gas spills.

The area is 220 sq ft (just a 1 car) and from what I see in 1 gallon cans will more than cover...

Recently my husband and I jumped head first in to being REI's and landlords. We've been looking for a couple of years for something to invest in, but he's not a fan of properties which need significant work and we hav...

I ran a search around the forms and didn't seem to be able to find a forum on the strong long-term tenant proof flooring. I am looking to update some units built in the 90's in Washington State and sick of carpet. In ...