What does everyone look for during their annual, quarterly, monthly (whenever) walk throughs of their investment properties?  Anybody have a current checklist that they focus on?  Any input, ideas, thoughts?

I built a wood fired water heater to heat my above ground swimming pool. But it's a part time job collecting and cutting all the wood and keeping the fire going. The pool is 12,000 gallons. So I'm thinking about ma...

Do you have an AC guy service your unit regularly? How often and what does he do? Does he catch/prevent repairs before they happen?

I've learned a few money saving ideas over the years mostly from @J Scott. These include using one paint color for all houses whether flips or rentals, ordering carpet considered "seconds'," buying at the pro desk ...

So today I was doing maintenance at one of my rentals, I opened the closet to access the central AC handler unit to change the filter and after I opened the closet door,  I had to rearrange a few things to clear the s...

How can i schedule all my maintenance stuff with all the tenants. Routine check ups? Air filter changes and anything with going around to all properties?

Hello,I have an unmetered rental property in Chicago and my water bill is ridiculous. The city has put a freeze (pardon the pun) on water meter installations while they "investigate" problems with old/lead pipes. Mean...

Do you provide new shower curtains for your rentals During the make ready for a new tenant?

I have a dilemma. My tenant called on Sunday and informed that the hot water heater was leaking. I sent someone with an hour an had them to cut off the water to the heater and they also drained the water from the heat...

I recently purchased a two family and will house hack in it.  I am moved in, but will be doing some work to the rental unit before I will advertise it for tenants.  Currently, the rental unit is empty so I just shut o...