Doris Walsh
Tenant taking advantage of retired Landlords
Where do I start. I have a Villa in pre-foreclosure that is rented to a woman in 40's who originally signed a lease with us thru a management company. She has been using the fact that the house has been in foreclosu...
Michael G.
Neighbor's New AC Equipment Makes Too Much Noise!
Hello all,I own a 3 story, 3 unit rental income property in New Jersey that I am currently renovating. The neighboring building (mix use commercial) recently mounted what appears to be a large air conditioner unit on ...
Paul Sandhu
Air conditioning in unoccupied STRs?
There was a construction crew that rented 7 of my houses/apartments. They've been here about 6 weeks, and now they have a week off. They all went home and are coming back in 5 days. Would you leave the air conditio...
Tony Reale
Duplex/Triplex
I am looking at what appeared to be a property originally built to be a duplex. Symmetrical layout with what I believe was an unfinished basement at one time. The owner of the house has finished the basement and sh...
Aviv Berkovitch
How to protect a new AC unit
Hi everyone,What is the best way to protect a new AC unit from a theft? I need to install two new 2.5 tons AC units in one of my duplexes, and I want to make sure that no one will take them a day after the installatio...
John Barnes
Florida Apartment Heater Options
Hi All, hope someone has advice.We have a 3 unit, concrete block property in FL. Program we rent through (similar to sec 8) said all units have to have heaters.To give you an idea of how important heaters are, I ran m...
Karen O.
Finishing split level stairs
In my project, the stairs leading up are in good shape but require refinishing. The risers & treads were painted beige and black (down the center). They appear to be oak hardwood.The stairs to the lower level had...
Ashley Sivils
Devil is in the DETAILS!!!!
Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment in Leavenworth.
Purchase price: $70,100
Cash invested: $49,722
Sale price: $156,000
First Flip project! Wow what a learning expe...
Josh Coup
[Calc Review] Help me analyze this deal
Dear BP community,Could 10 years of negative cashflow be worth the pain? I originally had 10% for management but realized I'd need to manage it myself anyways for experience sake. Looking at the cashflow chart, could ...
Jim Sliker
Purchasing a rental investment house.
Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $376,000
Cash invested: $130,000
Built 2008, 3 bed 2 bath, 1500 sq.ft. Mortgage payment including taxes and insuran...