My wife and I are looking at purchasing our first rental property. The home is 1360 sq/ft and we hope to purchase the home at $115,000. The current owner was recently married and rented the home out but is anxiou...

Renovating a house for rent, would you keep or replace the steam radiators?   If you're replacing them, what would you replace them with?   

BP,Looking to replace the majority of my duplexes windows sometime in the future.  This is a 1920's stick house located in Tampa, Fl and there are about 20-25 windows that are just single pane glass or low grade alumi...

I'm planning on submitting a offer on a nice REO tomorrow..

House is in great condition mechanically and has about 2700 sq/ft of cosmetic only renovations.

Paint, Floors, Kitchen, & Baths..

I've calculated ev...

I went on a road trip today to look at a couple of 5 & 6 unit properties about an hour from me and came home with a duplex. {Well actually, I left the duplex where it has sat for the last 80 years and just brought...

When estimating operating expenses using the 50% rule, do you include property taxes and insurance as part of the 50%? Or do you consider that part of the mortgage payment?50% seems kind of high to me without the taxe...

I have an up/down duplex in St. Paul, the upper unit's furnace is in the attic, and blows air down through the ceiling.  It's tucked under the corner of the south side of my roof as you can see in the photo.  This is ...

Hi folks, first timer here! My wife and I have entered the market this year with our first purchase. We're located in Berkeley, CA, and own a parcel that has a 1000sqft house (2bed/1bath) in the front and a 2x800sqft ...

I have 2 SFR's that I rent to students in Reno, NV. They are older 1970's homes, and it would be very costly to fully redo the bathrooms. So, I opted for a reglazing of the shower tile for now. The individual that did...

I just purchased a home that will be used in a rental property.

It's stripped down to almost nothing and needs to be rebuilt, structure is in decent shape, but the kitchen/baths ect all need redone, electrical and p...