Simon Chang
How much to deduct for damage to bath vanity drawer (MDF)?
Tenant did not maintain bath vanity and it sustained irreparable water damage.Unfortunately the vender does not sell the drawer face individually, but only sells the entire vanity. Should I guesstimate how much a draw...
Deforrest Ferguson
[Calc Review] Help me analyze this deal
View reportPlan on using an FHA loan and occupying one of the units.
Steve S.
Evaluating a duplex in a college town
Should this be avoided due to the obvious liability issues?I have a line on a duplex for that rents for about $3,200 in gross rents. If i assume insurance runs about $3,000 / year and assume the 50% rule based on ...
Mary R.
30 year old furnace
The gas furnace in a house I'm buying is 30 years old. From what i've been told by neighbors, and from what I see of the building--haven't had it inspected yet--the owner had it 26 of those years and took good care o...
Benjamin Beyer
How Do I Decide When To Make Updates?
Hi BP Nation,I've been a landlord for a couple years now and one thing that I've always struggled with is deciding when to update stuff in my property. An example of this is my one unit's electric range. It works fine...
Michael Braatz
West Allis/Milwaukee Wisconsin CapEx Estimates
Hello all,My two partners and I are finally getting into looking at properties and I was hoping I could get some input from some more seasoned investors in my area regarding CapEx.I have seen a few ways to go about es...
Parker Smith
How much do you budget for CapEx and Repairs on single family?
I am interested to hear from real-world investors on how much you budget for Capital Expenditures and Repairs into their single family, buy and hold rental properties. It's obviously very difficult to find cash flowin...
Jason Hendrickson
"Sell" estate prior to death...?
Off-the-wall question here but I think it's interesting: Let's say for the sake of argument that I have an estate of real estate holdings worth $5M. My wife and I don't have kids and therefore nobody to pass along our...
Sunny P.
AC repair
Tenant calls and complains temp won't go below 75. I called a bunch of companies, and finally got one to come out after 5pm because that's the only time that works for the tenant. Repair guy tells me the FILTER was f...
Liam Martin Ruane
Tenant Broke the garage door but claims that it's rust..
So I have a quick question that may be obvious. I have a tenant that has broken the garage automatic door presumably from backing into it, but she is claiming that it is because of rust and has requested that I fix it...