John Lindemann
Furnace caught fire...now what?
One of my SFH renters called me this morning to let me know they had called the fire department because they noticed smoke coming from a vent. Turns out the furnace had caught fire...fortunately no fire damage outsid...
Adrian Chu
Buy sheds from Costco/Home Depot/etc and rent them out?
Random idea. Has anyone tried buying sheds from Costco/Home Depot/etc and then renting them out as storage units?
Chris G.
High Energy Bill For Tenants
So the shared living units we manage mainly for students they are 4 bed 4 bath 1200 sqft. We include $200 of utility charges a month. Anything over is split among the tenants. Lately with electric costs rising we’ve ...
Angela Smith
cost of adding washer/dryer hookups
We have a property that has been listed for rent for about 2 weeks. It has had a lot of inquiries and visits. People are reporting that they love the property but then they decline to rent because the washer/dryer h...
Russell Brazil
Bedroom Count Misrepresentation
If an agent is a Realtor (Not all are, about 60% of licensed agents are Realtors), misrepresenting bedroom count is a violation of Article 2 of the NAR Code of Ethics. It may also be a violation of state law depending...
Alex S.
How do you cater to families?
To all the STR hosts out there...What do you do to cater to families and kids? I found this incredible AirBnB in Scottsdale, AZ from a RE investor that I follow on Twitter:This is the backyard of a neighborhood 4bd/4...
Kevin Nichols
Washer/Dryer hookups
We are currently rehabbing a duplex that has no washer/dryer hookups. There are closets near the plumbing that we can use and I got a quote of about $900 to run plumbing and electric. We already have the drywall down...
Sophie Mia
Replace gas heat with electric baseboard heating in Triplex - Philadelphia?
Hi everyone,
I am buying a triplex in the Philly area which is currently supplied with gas heat (for the entire house). The heating unit is very old and would most likely not make it another winter, so I defi...
Yuriy Tymoshenko
AC HVAC and lease clause
Happy AC season opening everyone! The summer is kicking up a notch in Florida and Im getting constant AC trouble calls for my properties as HVAC are working in the sixth gear. This weekend I had to deal with tenant wh...
Luca Mastrangelo
Bedroom carpet replacement
Hi, I just turned over one of my units and the tenant called to tell me one of the bedrooms smelled mildewy. The room has a high traffic carpet that is going on 10 years or a couple more at this point. It's in overal...