There are two points in the investment process where you can reduce maintenance costs. The first is when you purchase a property. The second occurs when you renovate it.
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I just bought my first rental in Omaha, NE. It's a 3BR 1BA with 1900sqft. I'm putting about $6k into renovations, including rebuilding the bathroom from scratch and new kitchen vinyl floors. The house has about 1000s...

I bought my first 4 unit last month. I have given a month-to-month tenant notice that I will not be renewing his lease. His apartment is saturated with pot smoke. I'm assuming the apartment will need to be wiped down ...

I have owned an owner occ 3-fam since 2017 (only rentals owned) and typically do work and upgrades in between tenants.  In MA.
However one of the tenants has been in there for almost 15 yrs.  I'm being told last time...

I purchased a three unit place a year and three months ago, today the tenant in one unit complained that the carpet in the bedroom was soaked with water from the toilet two years ago and wants the carpet replaced.

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I am getting ready to build some duplexes in the near future and I want to do what I can to ensure they stay nice and are durable to cut down on required repairs. What are the top three things you would suggest to "ha...

My new rental has (brand new) carpet in the two bedrooms, and tile in the rest of the house. This is the first rental I've had with carpet and I'm not sure if I should allow cats or dogs. I was thinking of allowing on...

I’m buying an old 12 unit building (built in 1920) and the current owner runs carpet throughout the staircase and other common areas. It’s gotten rather nasty over the years and I’m conflicted between just replacing t...

My husband and I are closing on our first rental property on the 28th of July in Salt Lake City. It's a fantastic home with updated AC, furnace, water heater, roof, etc. but it's extremely dated. Think blue carpet and...

Yesterday we completed a turnaround for one of our SFR's. I got the keys from the old tenant at 4pm and gave them to the new tenant at 6:30pm. 0 Down Time.To make this happen we started talking to the tenant early in ...