Will Koederitz
First investment property - Royal Oak, MI
Hi, I am new to REI and to BP. I would like to share my recent (and ongoing) purchase and get feedback from others who are experienced on here. I plan to use this as a rental income property. The property I decided...
Carey Branam
Help me evict nightmare tenants who continue to clog plumbing
I’ve got nightmare tenants in my rental property. The septic keeps backing up into the basement shower. It took a month of doing multiple repairs to septic, laterals etc to figure out the problem. We started snaggi...
John Thedford
Central Air Repair Expenses Seem High!
Had a call stating a central air unit was not cooling. I don't have a specific company for this type of work. Was referred to a company and had them go out. Received a bill for almost $190. That seems like a LOT of mo...
Ryan Oneal
Found this informative. Advice from a home inspector.
Site - Does the ground around the house slope consistently away?- If there are underground drains, where are they going?- Are there any trees at the foundation?- Is there adequate drainage for retaining walls? Any cra...
Manley Woods
Purchasing Older Properties
I’m looking to purchase some rental property in the Saint Louis, MO area but the majority of the properties in my price range are older (built in 1910’s to 1930’s). Has anyone had any positive or negative experiences ...
Natalia Perlova
Tenant claims there is no heat, and it's Christmas
Hi there BP community, looking for your advice on the following please: i inherited a section 8 tenant who pays way below market, acts shady, had an issue with the leaky toilet for years, which damaged the floor and c...
M Parsa
converting to individual water meters
I own a property with two duplexes and a house that are all on the same water meter. I spoke to the utility company and they said to split it up and put an individual meter on each unit would cost at most $8000. I a...
John Bucknum
first deal/mobile home park?
HI all, just getting started, looking for first deal. I found a MHP locally FSBO, it is 34 units over 7 acres, city water, with septic tanks which owner claims to empty yearly. asking $800k, brings in $91k/year, accor...
David Shapiro
Do you replace 13 year HVAC system with R22 refrigerant?
Hi All, I have a 13 year old rental property in Austin that needs 4 lbs. of R22 refrigerant. I'm being told by the HVAC contractor that because of the phase-out R22 is $125/lb. If I'd like to find the leak that will c...
Harnit Koch
Sewer Line in the Basement backing up
Hi Friends,I have a property in Buffalo that I bought in August. My PM informed me that the sewer line from basement to street seems to be broken and is backing up in basement since yesterday. This could be due to he...