I'm closing on a house this week and the empty lot next door has a couple of trees that are being smothered with ivy. The ivy has grown all the way to the top and trees are next to my house. I'm planning to approach t...

I found some good looking maple flooring under the old vinyl in the kitchen of the SFR that I'm remodeling. In most locations it came right up. There is a section in the middle where the stuff is really stuck down. I ...

Hello!Long story short: the tree in my backyard is too dangerous for landscaping contractors to remove. What can be done?I purchased a property with a dead tree in the back. I did not think anything of it, and the ins...

Hello, This is my first post in the forum, so please bear with me. We have a potential property that is in Preforeclosure, my wife is a Realtor and she did some research and there is not a lot of equity in the mortgag...

I am looking at purchasing a rental property. My realtor showed comps of 3 properties that recently sold down the street from the property that I'm looking at. All 3 comps show that the properties were sold below the...

Hello all, I am fairly new to investing in residential real estate. I remember hearing alot of bad things about black mold (and other types of mold) a few years back. This includes properties being uninhabitable due...

Hi just read a recent article on IBD regarding HUD looking to enforce equality among all renters - even ones with criminal records. I'm a new landlord so my experience is < 3 months of doing this. For those of you ...

I am looking at a MF which has some tenants with pit bulls as service dogs. Would that be an issue with getting insurance ?

We pulled out the bathroom vanity and found the wall was full of blown insulation. Home was built in 1968. Planning to have tub surround redone next week w/new wall board and tile. Thinking maybe I should consider cha...