Katharine Chartrand
Propane for heating and cooking
I bought a mining cabin turned methlab/earth ship with the intention of fixing it up selling it to a normal person. It had a wood stove and some randomly distributed electric heaters, but they are all gone. I would ne...
Ben Smith
Living among tenants
My wife and I are looking to buy a multi unit property with an FHA. We are concerned with living among our tenants and them having unfettered access to our front door. Is it unheard of to use a property management com...
Dan Hoehn
Tub Surround with Window
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...
Dave Stokley
Refund extenuating circumstances beyond your cancellation policy?
Today is the second time in the past few weeks that a guest has asked us to allow them to cancel for a full refund the day before their stay because of bad weather where they live that may prevent them from traveling....
Aref Shehadeh
!Gas line cannot be installed for 5 months.
Closing on an REO Friday Nov. 27th. I suspected the gas line was disconnected on the street. I called the the gas company ahead of time to get a service installed within the week that follows. Their cutoff date to get...
Diana Froster
5 year old unwashed carpet, keep and clean or remove?
Hi all. My current rental property has a tenant moving out end of this month after staying there for 5 years and the 2F carpet(living area space, 3 bedrooms, and entire staircase) is really dirty and patchy leaving me...
Kurt Phillips
Who is responsible: tenant or landlord?
I've just recently taken over managing my properties from a property manager only to find smoke alarms chirping and no furnace filters changed out.....ever. I replaced batteries and filters in 2 units but I'm sure th...
Caleb Palladino
Why am I having trouble hiring a contractor?
I have been trying to get a contractor to give me an estimate on an investment property that I have lined up. However I've had 3 contractors that said they are willing to walk the property and that they would call me ...
Ryan Dossey
Buyers Agent: 9 Showings today
Man this stuff is exhausting! 9 Showings today. Lessons learned:Make clients atleast Google Street View neighborhoods. Showed a home today directly across the street from a women's prison. (Note: Also my first time ev...
Trey Beltrand
Connecticut Cash Cow
Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Bridgeport.
Purchase price: $298,800
Cash invested: $15,430
Triplex
9 Bed
3 Bath
$4,648 Gross Rent