I have a 4-unit building built in the late 70's.  All the units have hispanic families in them.  over the last year I have had to have a plumber unclog the kitchen sink for 3 of the families.  One guy texted me just l...

Need help. This is what the contract says—
UTILITIES: Landlord shall not pay for any of the utilities and services and will be the responsibility of the tenant.
Temperatures this past winter caused the pipes to bur...

Hi everyone, I am working on a rehab-to-rent in North Carolina that has some crawlspace moisture and wood rot issues. I'm going to end up replacing 30+ floor joists in this property. Having a repair of this magnit...

Hello All, I am looking into Chris Prefontaine's Quantum Leap System and especially his associates mentoring program, which has several levels of involvement. Anyone have direct experience with Smart Real Estate Coach...

I have an apartment that is below grade that had a wooden floor that buckled. We removed the floor boards and found moisture coming up thru the concrete floor underneath. The American Leak Detection company came out t...

Last October I purchased another 2/1 SFH with the idea of flipping it. Paid 70K and spent 30k in renovations. Was very happy with the outcome so I decided to keep it as a rental. Found this old couple with 2 adult dau...

Selling my home and currently in the due diligence period. I sent my agent a list of all the items and notes of what my contractor and I were planning on doing to address the items called out in the inspection, and if...

Does anyone invest in and manage homes that have old or antiquated plumbing systems?  Many of the 2-4 multi-family homes in my area have cast iron drain/waste pipe and galvanized water supply pipe.  It's not uncommon ...

Hi everyone. I just had an offer accepted for $230,000 on a 2,550 sqft triplex in Philadelphia which was built in 1925. The inspection turned up the following issues. Which of these do you think I should push to have ...

My neighbor's basement is flooding after some pretty heavy rain over the past week. They have called a basement guy out, who would solve the problem by jackhammering up the cement floor in the basement, digging a tren...