Mike Dombrowski
Flooring Install and Supplies
About to close on a 2/2 condo in down town Fort Lauderdale in Broward County. Unit has brand new Berber carpet from previous owner but am thinking of installing either hard wood, engineered wood or porcelain tile.Any...
Henry R.
Making Offer on a 3 family This week
Hi BP Nation,I'm looking for your thoughts on this 3 family. The asking price is 119,900 not a lot of Comps in the area for the same type of property. It's fully rented. Unit 1, 1 bed room, unit 2, 2 bed rooms unit 3,...
Nathan Gesner
WORST cat odor ever . . . and you won't believe what happened!
This is a first for me.We have managed this townhome for seven years. The owner's daughter lived in it and had three cats. It stunk pretty bad but seemed to be coming from the closet under the stairs where she kept th...
Justin Fortunato
Proper order of operations (painting, flooring, etc)
What is the best order of operations with regards to working on a house? Obviously, the first thing is the construction, doors, etc. But what is the best order of other things like painting interior, exterior, floo...
George Wade
Removing cat odor from concrete flooring
All, Against the rules of the lease, a tenant brought a cat into a home (New Brunswick, NJ area) and placed the litter box in an unfinished basement (concrete floor with masonry block walls). The cat has been removed...
Account Closed
Which Upgrades are Worth a Little Extra Money?
As I've been thinking about how much to set aside for CapEx/maintenance expenses, I keep coming back to the questions of: "How much should I really be spending on X?" It isn't a matter of questioning the percentage of...
Shane Cloutier
Electric radiant heat for rentals, yeah or nay?
I am thinking of renovating a few of our projects with electric based radiant floor heating. We have looked into getting a flooring that will stand up to the heat, and our state is pretty good on electric power due to...
Diane Dib
Cat pee/urine smell removal
I am looking at a property that smells of cat pee. I've seen it a couple of times, and it was obviously worse when the weather was warmer and it's barely warm at all right now. The house is still furnished and has one...
James Peever
Need help reviewing contractor bid
Hi BP
We have bought an investment property update Ny. This is our firsts major rehab job and trying to follow some of the BP ethos when working with contractors is proving harder than expected. This is the current q...
Anna Buffkin
How to Evict Mickey?
Help! I can't seems to properly evict rodents from one of my properties. I have a 3rd floor condo in South Carolina with a rodent problem. It is pre-existing to my tenants and they appear to be clean people. My cl...