One of the units I recently closed on is in need of some touch up work. It is now vacant, but the previous tenants lived there for over a decade and had no concept of personal hygiene. I don't think they ever bother...
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Hey everyone, just thought I would run this by you guys and see what your thoughts are. I came across a foreclosure that was on the market for $35K. It was a 1999 28x60 on a basement and 1 acre of land in the city s...
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I have a unit that is coming available at the end of the month. During our inspection a few months back we could smell smoke in the unit. I am assuming that despite our letter she went back to smoking in the unit.My ...
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I stayed at a fairly new Springhill Suites in Denver a few weeks ago and being in this business, I always take note of the fixtures. The bathroom walls were done in what looked like tile, but cop a quick feel and you...
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I was talking to an investor that was telling me about a house that he purchased that had mold issues and I don't want to quote him because I may get it wrong but I believed he said that he gave the house a good wash ...
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We saw a house yesterday that was probably smoked in for 30 years. The smell was very strong and the "white" walls were tan, lighter tan where pictures used to be. If we were to take this on, how do you get rid of t...
There are two schools of thought when it comes to tiling the bathroom or kitchen. One camp says that the wall and floor tiles should complement each other but should not match because matching floor and wall tiles mak...
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I'm pretty sure when he spends the night he is vaping in the tenants room. I don't know a lot of people that vape, that can go 12 plus hrs without vaping. It's in the rental agreement no vaping or smoking. I have alr...
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I was hoping to get a sense of what people do in the BP community. I have measured square feet of new buildings to purchase with a tape measure, but this seems very inefficient. I’m currently under contract on a 20,00...
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I know the only person who can truly answer this is a structural engineer, but I want the opinion and experience of this group (see photo below). I won't know what the basement walls look like until I get to a showing...