Yet another month with declining home sales (9th in a row).
While home buyers are definitely hurting, we continue to see 3 kinds of investors:
1) The optimist - they keep buying, haven’t changed a strategy, take in...

Inflation has only dropped my .1% and Feds are ready to do whatever it takes to drop that. I have been hearing on the streets that interest rates could* go to 12%+. That would be pretty scary heading into a full on re...

Hi All,I have a property that has a single family upstairs (3b 1.5ba) with a partially finished basement (3b, 1ba) that I will be finishing and turning into a separate unit. The whole house is on one HVAC system. Addi...

I recently took over a small building in a A area, very Ritzy in Stamford, and I am in the process of a small experiment. It's only four units, so it's a controlled test to see if smart devices can raise the rent and ...

When baby #2 was conceived, I knew it was time to get out of our 2 bedroom duplex that we rented. I also knew that I didn't want to pay more than the current $850 rent, even for a bigger space. The solution? BRRR of c...

We are doing a tear down of our long time weekend place and working with a builder on a decent sized home.. His numbers keep going up for the construction and I think his allowances are very low. This is a mid t...

Born and raised Black and Gold in the Steel City, still here and looking to diversity my portfolio and invest in Pittsburgh with some rental properties in the area.  My primary goal is to build additional income strea...

Hi,Currently analyzing a 4/2 in the Bartlett area.  It is in the neighborhood of Blackwell/Yates St. and the Zillow estimates the surrounding houses are around 115-125K for that kind of property.  The county assessor ...

How do you strip thick paint off a deck? I put a little paint stripper on a patch, but it just gummies up the top layer slightly. Belt sander did a little better, but I would never finish. Is there a technique or p...

Good evening all,This is for a rental (unless I get a great offer at the end) but there wasn't a spot for asking rehab questions in the landlord forums. Short background: 1600sq ft SFR that should get $900-$1000/mo re...