As I was out shopping today for my current project in Dallas, I got a call from my sister telling me that her and my mom were being taken to the hospital due to carbon monoxide poisoning. The average reading insid...

Hi guysI have an older two family which has such high levels of humidity in the basement that I am constantly replacing joists and other wood due to rot. I think the best option is to run a dehumidifier.In this basem...

I'm buying a duplex and the home inspector brought up a concern about the furnaces and hot water heaters venting into the old chimney on the house.  There are no fireplaces.  I've never heard of this before, so am hop...

I just bought a duplex rental property in Albany, NY.  It is an older house - early 1900's.  The previous owners had a PM company managing the house, but nothing was ever updated and any repairs were just a band-aid. ...

What's the difference in sq.ft and bed count requirements between STR and LTR?Any sites I can gather this data besides AirDNA which charges $300/year even if I need 20 minutes worth of data.

Hey BP Forum!     When you purchase a buy and hold property do you believe in making only necessary repairs or do you go in and gut the place even if it doesn’t help your ROI?     I’ve been going back and forth on thi...

I'm planning on another STR, but this one has a rather large pool, where many STRs in town have a small plunge pool. In SW Florida our season is typically January-April. A pool heater will definitely make the STR much...

Posting this out of curiosity among other posters. I have been assigned to a temporary EXPAT in Suzhou, China for 18 months. Went house hunting in the land of "condos/apartment" living. Literally, every housing "compo...

Deal showed up next door! Can acquire for $85,000. Comps in area are going for $230,000. approx 1,200 ft cape cod, brick. Owners have been served health hazard notice for hoarding garbage, and three dogs inside for mo...

I'm closing on my first deal in a week or so. Yahoo!It's a triplex which already has 2 units tenanted, and we are inheriting those tenants. After introducing myself as the soon to be new landlord the tenant mentioned ...