Good afternoon, everybody,I'm working on getting into REI, and right now I am looking at the possibility of purchasing a duplex. The windows in the upper unit (and probably the lower) are original to the house. They s...
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Hope this finds you well!
We just closed on our first rental property. After 2 weeks the tenant reported that their bedroom window sliding off the track and it does not block the wind if it is wi...
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I have owned a 16 furnished room (dorm style) rental property for 14 years and never had a tenant do this. We rent the rooms for $395 per month and it includes power, water, sewer and garbage service. We keep the A/C...
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All of my apartments have bi-fold closet doors. It seems like I'm constantly replacing the pins on the tops and bottoms, and replacing/fixing the wood that they go into. Does anyone have any solution to these to keep ...
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Rather than play elimination through poor customer experience, I'd like to get some suggestions from the Bigger Pockets community. We put in some tables & chairs into our beach condos, & the chairs are pretty...
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Looking at 12 X 12 tiles at 54 cents a apiece or 18 by 18 for 84 cents apiece.
The area we would be tiling on concrete is the main level.Another unit I own with exact space and layout is already tiled 12 by 12.The wh...
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HelloI found BiggerPockets by chance and am very happy to have found this great source for education and networking. I have a single family rental (2 bed/1bath) in Berkeley, CA that I bought in 2013. I lived in it for...
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Hi. First post on here. Sunday night I prevented a break-in at my home. The would-be burglar did a little bit of damage ( broken multiple screen shade covers for windows, pry marks on Arcadia sliding glass doorframe a...
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The middle age woman who has been in my 1 bedroom house has been complaining that the electric bills are high . The old tenant gave her copies of the electric bill as a example , he didnt care . And yes they were ...
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I am closing on and moving into my second property today! I have a lot of ideas of what I would like to do to add value, but not sure where the best place is to start. I am experienced with renovation and I am planni...