Palmira Angelova
Old house - how much to budget for major repairs + maintenance?
Hi everyone,
I'm considering investing in an older multi-family (~100 years old) around the Boston area. I only have experience with significantly newer properties and want to make sure I run the numbers correctly. D...
Brandon Metzler
I need advice on route to take
I just got into real estate in January and I’m not sure of which route I want to go with my first two deals, so I’d like to know what y’all recommend. Here’s where I’m at.....
Deal #1- I’ve got a lease option (as buy...
Hope N.
Inspector found mold. Should I cancel the deal?
The bank accepted an offer on an REO condo in Chicago, but the inspector found a small patch of mold (probably the size of a fist) on the bathroom ceiling. I know 5-7 years ago the HOA paid to patch the roof because t...
Ethan Jones
Rent-To-Own tenant/landlord issue
I own a single family house in Arizona. I rented it out for a few years between 2011-2014. After the tenants vacated, the house was vandalized. There was about $5000-10,000 of work that would have been needed to get t...
Vahan Papakhian
I have mold growing in bedroom of rental
I am renting a two bedroom and a severe amount of mold is growing in one of the bedrooms. I notified my management about it, two technicians have looked at it and the property manager, and they basically blamed me say...
Andrew Junquet
When can a landlord enter a property
Just took over being landlord of a single property I rent out. I've had the same tenant for 4+ years and had to let the PM go because he kept doing things like losing her rent check. I called her today to introduce my...
Josh L.
Installing dimmer switch
I was skimming a real estate book about increasing value of your income property in the bookstore, and it mentioned how much of a difference changing the light on/off switch to a dimmer switch would be.Does it really ...
Kyle Haney
Best Practices for Security Deposits.
Hello BiggerPockets Community,I am a fairly new investor and have been rehabbing an investment property in Mt. Vernon, Indiana that is a fourplex. I'm curious to see how other investors handle security deposits especi...
Emilio Ramirez
Development Soft Costs
Hello Folks,
Great site you have here. I'm a newbie and will introduce myself after I get this post done.
I'm working on my first development deal, a 65 unit independent senior living apartment building. I'm curren...
Daniel Holbrook
Home inspector Cheyenne Wyoming
Looking at a potential investment.
1940's house that needs new flooring and other fixes that we have identified so far.
We are thinking of hiring an inspector to make sure we know just what we are getting into.
Any...