What would you do: refinish hardwood and take a vacancy or put in laminate?The properties I manage locally have nice, dark hardwood floors.  After a few years or wear and tear, they are going to need to be refinished....

Hi all.   I am installing a fiberglass shower pan with ceramic tile on the walls.    The tub and drywall are gone, the drain is installed.   My plan is to install the cement board directly to the studs.  Should there ...

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I am looking at my first potential deal and its a HUD property. I have obviously not dealt with HUD properties before and learning their cumbersome process to get the deal approved argh...

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Several months ago I posted about Austrian Economics & hard assets & preparing your real estate business for recessions big & small. It stayed on top of the thread wall for a week & got hundreds of res...

My parents purchased some farmland in Blakely Georgia 10 years ago, with the intention to eventually retire and live there. I have been pestering them to do something with it to generate income. They were leasing 8...

Good Evening, I just closed on a duplex in the same neighborhood as my others. They all rent for $650/door or better. Tenants pay everything except sewer. I met with one of the new tenants tonight to go over things wi...

Hi everyone!This is my *personal* home...not a rental. I live in a contemporary-style Cedar home. We have updated it a lot over the years and now I'm beginning on my living room.The living room has a cathedral ceiling...

I have just begun on my first property renovation and my initial plan was to install LVP in the entire first floor and install new carpet on the stairs and second floor. That was until I pulled up a corner of the carp...

Some context…
Small multi-family building (4 units) self managed. One of the upper units went vacant and needed an update (flooring, paint, etc.). Power tool work began no earlier than 9:30am and finished no later ...