John Public
Car wash businesses
Recently I have been looking at commercial properties as well as 16+ multi-unit apartment buildings as an investment possibility. As I was looking on loopnet for pure commercial I have been noticing that there seem t...
Robert Gilstrap
How to scale housekeeping and laundering of linens
I only have 10 listings currently but my goal is to ramp this up pretty rapidly towards 50+ units and I can already see housekeeping and linens being my #1 stumbling block. Linens: We do houses not apartments for the ...
Jordan F.
Laundry Room in Basement/Liabilities
Hi there. I co-own a Bldg in the Los Angeles area. Many if not most apartment buildings in the area have laundry rooms. The building used to have one in the basement but the machines were removed a long time ago. ...
Victor Eng
Avoiding a roof replacement
Hello BP community,I'm looking to avoid having to replace a roof. It's probably about 20 years old, asphalt three tab shingle, black (gray now due to the wear and tear). No leaks, no damage from plywood on the undersi...
Wesley W.
Tenant washers in units
Hi All,I'm soon to own a small multi-family property that has W/D hookups in the units, and the current tenants all have their own washers. The disclosed annual water bill is $2000, which via local custom is paid by ...
Andrew Brewer
appliances not specified in purchase agreement
Hi Everyone, I recently purchased a SFH in Kansas City. When I inspected the property a dishwasher, washing machine, wash and dryer were all present. When I took possession of the property these were gone. There is no...
Colleen F.
How do your tenants overstep thier property use?
You know what I mean you say I am going to allow bike storage and they come back with a motorcycle.
The best one though was this week I was having the MF drive improved. I discuss with everyone and tell them ...
Deanna Boss
Appliances - What is Landlord's Responsibility to Repair/Replace?
I have a duplex that has long term tenants in the upper unit and the lower unit has been short term rental (Airbnb). I have a long term tenant moving into the lower unit now. There are two washers and two dryers in th...
Steve Rozenberg
Most Common Damaged Property
What are the most common things that get broken in a rental property?
Aidaliz Maldonado
Property Manager Recommendation in Honolulu
Hello fellow BP'ers!!
I'm closing on a SFM property in Honolulu (Makakilo, Kapolei area) and will be renting it full time. I'm located in Long Beach, NY and am looking for a really solid property manager in the ar...