Andrew Syrios
Refinishing Hardwood Floor Hacks
Hey everyone, has anyone found a good way to fix hardwood floors that are sort of in between good and bad. Obviously we can refinish them, but that is fairly expensive. We tried to just buff the poly off floors that w...
Luis Rodriguez
Issue with a tenants kid
We currently own a two family home and have a family of four living upstairs. The youngest whose around twelve years old loves to run around and bounce a ball off the hardwood floors.
We understand what we got oursel...
Paul Winka
Install one 2-car garage door where there was two 1-car doors.
I have an '60s house that has a two 1-car garage doors that I would like to convert to one 2-car garage door. The doors both lead to one large bay, that is, there is not a wall between the garage doors spaces. The col...
Mario Casarez
$170K for a full gut rehab in So Cal. Is it reasonable?
I recently had a contractor come out to a property in Whittier, CA (1640 sq ft home on a 6400 sq ft lot) that needs a complete gut rehab and below is the soft quote he gave me and everything he'll cover for $170K. No...
Damien Hall
Refinish hardwood floors vs install laminate
I want to know which is cheaper... to refinish old hardwood floors or to install laminate flooring. The hardwood floors in the property is in so so condition, no cracks, but it is uneven in some places though. Woul...
Marcin O.
Downstairs neighbor complaining about my 2 year old kid noise
2 months ago we moved in into 2 story apartment complex. We asked for first floor because of our toddler son, but realtor and leasing agent only offered us 2nd floor, and affirmed us that kids were not an issue.After ...
Ryan Huffman
Tenant Turnover Costs
My tenant recently moved out of my rental in Birmingham, AL and looking past the fact that I didn't know about the vacancy until after it had happened, I recently received a note from my property management company as...
Marcia Maynard
Best Practices for Charging Damages
How do you assess the dollar value for damages on items that are not easy to repair but still have useful life and aren't due for replacement? I'm not talking about normal wear and tear. I'm talking about obviou...
Nick Coonis
New Construction SFR - Los Angeles County
Hello BP, thought I'd finally start a diary on my project. To make a very long story short, we have finally broken ground on our 10 acres of land in Acton, CA which lays in the northern part of Los Angeles county, jus...
Kat W.
Can we talk about refinishing walls? Smooth vs textured...
We bought our first home this past summer and didn't realize how bad of condition the walls are. We knew we had a few issues, but now realize almost every wall in the home needs work to look decent.We had planned to s...