M Shah
Rent by room in Greater Seattle area
Look forward to connecting with investors/property managers who rent by room. We can all share the pros and cons, learnings, laws around rent by room in Seattle/Redmond/Kirkland/Bellevue. I have been exploring rent by...
C.Lee Sandvick
Generating Electricity on-site to lower costs
I just furnished a house to rent out and the utilities went way up due to air conditioning costs, etc. Would like recommendations on a reliable method to generate electricity without huge upfront cost. For my 4 plex,...
Jeff S.
House had fire from over-use of fireplace
Bought a foreclosure house that had been on fire. In reading the fire report it was stated as the cause: "excessive usage of fireplaces over time that had an ongoing pyrolysis to the wood structure members."
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Paul Meyer
Do you cut costs by just hanging 1/4" drywall over old (no demo)?
First, what I'm exactly saying is only cutting out lines across walls for all new rough-in electrical/plumbing/hvac/any mold damage AND THEN just hanging new 1/4" right on top to create a fresh new looking house. From...
Dan Mackin
Colorado Walkout Basement House Hack Short Term Rental Tracking
Just wanted to create a thread where I post updates on our basement apartment that we had built out from an unfinished basement with the full intent of it being a rental from the start. This build was fully laid out t...
Matthew Paul
Recent Noreaster damage and complaints .
We just had a big wind storm in Maryland , fortunatly no rain . But I had some damage , shingles , about a square and a half blew off 1 of my rentals , I will be using insurance on this one , its not minor . Now for ...
Sean Rhodes
House hacking (room rentals)
Hello BiggerPockets!! Much love to @davidgreene and the whole BP community. So the reason for my post today is that I just recently purchased my first deal. It is a 7bd/2bth in Portland,OR and I am renting all the roo...
Mike Oswald
Foothills Flip. Single family turned into duplex in Anchorage, AK
Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) fix & flip investment.
Purchase price: $132,000
Cash invested: $28,000
Sale price: $360,000
We got this place it was full of trash, we cleaned ...
Nathan Jackson
First Deal in the works (woohoo!). Homerun? Good? Bad?
Hey guys!My wife and I are fairly certain that we're going to be moving forward with our first deal shortly. If everything checks out, we will be buying a house from a relative who wants to retire. We're completely ne...
Bryan Montross
Rent, Rehab, or Sell?
I am a buy and hold investor in Pasadena, Maryland. I currently have 1 single family home and one triplex in the area that I self-manage. I was living overseas for the last three years and just returned home last mont...