Jorge Roman
Who here hates dealing with maintenance!
How many of you deal with maintenance day in and day out... Or just deal with pain in the butt tenants hitting you up while you're at your 9-5 to point out that a bee got into their house and they don't know why.How d...
Shawn Dandridge
Who Pays for HVAC Service Call?
My tenant contacted me late last night saying the heat wasn't blowing upstairs but it was downstairs. As this used to be my primary residence I immediately knew it was the dampers. I asked the tenant if they checked t...
Adam Christopher Zaleski
what do you pay your handyman?
I have two rentals. One in Fort Collins, CO and the other in Fort Myers, FL. My handyman in Fort Collins is awesome. He is on time, reliable and does good work. His work is better than mine. He recently replaced a kit...
Casey Kleinhenz
Do I really need an Elevator Service Contract?
How hard is it to get a repair contractor to my site without a service agreement? This is a little two stop elevator. Probably makes about 2000 stops per year. No history of maintenance issues. I pay (throw away?) $40...
Rei Reid
Tax Deductions - turning current prop into a rental
I currently live in a condo that we plan to rent out instead of sell when moving into a home. I’ve owned it since 2009. I think there’s about 12k of work to do to get it rental ready - bathrooms, new appliances, gara...
Ryan Naylor
Apartment Prep service business
Hello. I'm considering starting an apt. prep business (cleaning, painting, minor repairs) and would like to get your first impression as a property owner and/or manager. Do most of you hire a cleaning company and a pa...
Jeff Takle
Tenants want technology!
The National Multi Housing council released the results of a survey last week of 1,000 renters and their preferences. Findings of NMHC’s Apartment Renter Technology Survey include:
* Lower-income renters are...
Josh Sterling
Expense tracking for rehabs
This year we purchased several bank owned properties requiring moderate rehabs. We spent 12-30k on each house to get it to an above market quality for rent. This rehab amount includes:
Contractor Labor, carpet, paint,...
Anna Strait
A question about assigning a house and including an estimate from a contractor
So here's the deal. I am going to be getting a house under contract from someone who owns bulk REOs. The particular house needs a new roof and a couple of other things. The owner is also a fix and flipper who can g...
Shawnda Beckstedt
How do you set up to charge service/maintenance fees
We have been investing in buy/hold properties for about a year now, currently we are the owners, managers and maintenance crew while both working full time jobs, time is precious and I am trying to stream line our pol...