Tenants just reported major peeling of a previous re-glaze on tub and tiles and water infiltration into the wall.  Its an old cast iron tub with ceramic tile surround that was re-glazed a few years ago.  I'm consideri...

Countless times, I've heard the question asked "How much do I need in reserves?" While the answer tends to vary based on the investors' risk tolerance, I thought I would share my experience. As a background, I live in...

I am skipping a lot of key material related to house building, but I guess anyone can check out my website for the full package.  Here are some more summary posts lets try and throw a few more in here and go 21 - 28 a...

I seam to always have rentals with windows over the tub, and am conflicted every time I go to remodel because I can never find a tub surround that looks decent and I hate cleaning grout. All I have found in the past i...

I hand you $20,000. What are the best ways to utilize this money?What would you do in real estate to increase your amount as fast as possible?I would love to hear everyones ideas.Wholesaling?Flipping?Buy/Hold?What wou...

Complaints about lack of heating and cooling in upstairs new townhouse. Buying a 6 month old townhouse. How can this be remedied?Putting ducts in the ceiling seems stupid to me but apparently common practice these day...

Hey guys!Tenant reported water on his floor, that was coming "from the walls", as he thinks, and on the floor underneath the oven and fridge.We sent a plumber, and he wasn't able to identify the source of a problem. P...

I am in the middle of closing on a mid-sized apartment deal in Mcallen, Texas. Now that Trump won the election, I wanted to get a discussion going about what potential impact this could have on towns along the Rio Gra...

Being that there are many more wrong ways to accomplish a given task than there are right ways I thought a thread covering some of the "donts" might be useful for those just getting their feet wet in repairs and renov...

We had a guest that report they were bitten by a bed bug, which they killed and didn't have its remains to confirm if it was or was not a bed bug. In response we did a deep clean on the unit and couldn't find any bed ...