Why do our renovation expenses seem to be so much more expensive than investors I hear on BP podcasts or at conferences, etc.?  I hear investors repeatedly quoting renovation expenses of value-add apartment renovation...

HOA requires brown windows. It will cost me an extra $3500 to purchase windows that are brown, with grids, and with brown capping. My windows are original, don't work anymore, have broken seals and waste energy. I'...

Hi Everyone,Quick question: Does $3,560 seem reasonable? Was talking to a GC and he quoted me that price at around 50 man hours. I don't think its unreasonable, but just curious what BP thought.Scope of work: Install ...

I'm already set on Luxury Vinyl Plank, just a matter of floating or glued-down and if anyone has any specific suggestions. Preferably available at Home Depot and under 2.5/sf. Trying to find best equivalent to: https:...

Does anyone have any employees working for them? I'm to the point where I need to bring someone on to help with the maintenance and some light rehab work.

I was wondering how you go about looking for employees and...

Hello Bigger Pockets Community. I am currently working on moving into my first investment property, a 4-unit builiding with 3 currently occupied units each of which consist of 2 bedrooms. The current rents are easily ...

Hi all,We are going through some challenges with our property management company and wanted to get some opinions on how turnovers are generally done. It is their policy that they wait until the tenant has moved out, t...

I was shopping an apartment for a syndicated investment this past week and was drilling the property managers on various topics. One of the topics that I have been getting a wide variety of answers is when I ask the q...

A house I recently purchased has a cat odor in one room that is lingering after being painted. Another has a strong mold smell. I am looking for a strong ozone generator that would be sufficient to:1. Remove pet odors...

There is currently a house available on the market for 9,700. A 3 bedroom 1 bathroom house. I later found out that asking price is 9,700 is because of mold. I am currently a teacher and make about 31,000 a year. The h...