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Hi there. I'm new to this site and new to real estate investing, and hoping some of you seasoned pros might have some advice for me. I am a real estate agent in the Memphis market, working on rehabbing my first inve...
I hear stories all the time about tenants going on vacation, turning the heat down, and coming back to burst pipes, which seems to typically end up being the landlord's problem. Is this actually as common as it seems?...
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Hello everyoneI'm going to try to keep this simple. I recently purchased a duplex. It's 2 stories, 1 apt up and 1 apt down. The lower apartment has 2 access points, the front door and the interior side door. There is ...
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So I have a house under contract hours and hours from me, the owner also lives hours away from property. Sent a photographer to take pics, and the house isn't locked, the doors are unlocked, the place is vacant.Need ...
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As you can tell from these before pictures, the kitchen needed a lot of help! We demo’ed a small portion of the wall between the dining room and kitchen in order to create more of an “open feeling” when coming from ...
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Hi Everyone! Quick question, I want to add cameras to my properties but not sure how to go about electricity and storage? Should I store the NVR in a specific apartment? Do I use the tenants electricity and credit the...
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Does anyone use any remote monitoring systems that are really affordable (like a couple bucks/month) that use a cell network and not need a internet connection for tracking temperature of smaller apartment buildings? ...
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Anyone has any advice on how best to locate contact information for a previous owner?
Tried Google and couple of "find people" sites and nothing turned up, no facebook or social networking profiles, and wha...
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I have hard wired smokes in my 3 family. 3 in the front hall and 3 in the rear. Just replaced all smokes with new batteries. Got text @ 615am that smokes are going off. This happened 2 days in a row. Not sure if its ...
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Hi All!What all steps should be taken to prepare property for the winter and cold months? This past winter, a property over 100 years old that I have, had an issue with the pipes freezing and the furnace going out. Ju...