As I had to move quickly and give 30 days notice, I paid the October rent and gave notice I was leaving, keeping the utilities in my name. New renters were found in ten days and moved in on October 15th. The landlord ...

Hello all.Since first getting involved and educated in real estate investing, I have consistently heard that mistakes will be made, well we made our first one and I wanted to put it out to BP and get suggestions of ho...

I just made an offer on a property I will rehab and rent out. The property has a blue kitchen, the cabinets walls, and ceiling are all painted blue. My first thought was that I would have to paint it a neutral color (...

I have an apartment that was completely painted and a new carpet put in a year ago. The tenant is moving out and was a HEAVY smoker. I will be washing the carpet but can I get the smell out of the apartment wit...

A HUD house I'm looking at has a 20-page lead paint inspection attached to it. Basically, the whole house is peeling, and the lead paint needs to be remediated inside and out.

I imagine a scraping/light power washing...

Just closed on this 3 Bedroom 2Bath house that is getting rehabbed to be a rental property.We were planning on painting the house top to bottom and redoing the hardwood under this carpet. My painter quoted me higher t...

Hi everyone i purchased a property and found out from the tenant that all of the windows are sealed shut. I’m not sure if this was done on purpose or because they had been repainted and dried shut over the years. The ...

In an effort to be as efficient as possible, I would like to start only using two types of paints for all of my units, one for common areas / bathrooms and the other for bedrooms. It'll just make maintenance so much e...

Would love honest input on whether this paint job is acceptable.  My husband and I own a duplex and have rented it out to 6 different tenants in the past 5 years and this is the first time we've had someone really ups...

Decent tenant of 4 years  moved out , only gave 2 weeks notice . I schedule a move out inspection the day he is leaving . They call for a east coast snow storm so he calls me and tells me he is leaving 2 days early an...