To help absorb the carrying costs of financing flip properties, I agreed to remodel an unfinished basement in exchange for a lower-than-market rent for myself. Now that its complete, I see how badly the area under the...

I recently purchased an old Victorian house that has no wall insulation and single pane glass. I'm replacing all the old windows in the house with new double pane vinyl windows. I'm curious if anyone recommends add...

I have a duplex that is divided up by floors: apartment 1 is on floor one and apartment 2 is on floor two. I have an issue with sound travel between the two floors. I got one of those dreaded 10:30pm tenant calls last...

I am in the process of building an AirCrete foaming gun and molds, with the intent of making insulating blocks of light weight, low density, low-to-medium strength concrete. I am curious if anyone has experience with ...

When you’re living in a multifamily and are able to hear people next door or downstairs, people will say it’s because the “walls are thin.” Is this literally due to having thin drywall? Is there not good insulation? N...

have a multifamily property with a single boiler hot water baseboard heat. Each apartment has a pop top valve with a thermostat. In one studio apartment the heat sporadically stops working. Once 2 years ago the pipe b...

Had my inspection last night on my 1st potential rental property. The previous landlord/owner died and house is being sold through estate so not much info. Everything was fine except the inspector was unable to access...

Hello:I got a quote for converting a 16x10 living room into a bedroom. It has 9 foot ceilings, some plaster of paris and need to adjust a vent. The handyman gave me a quote for $5000 and $300 for materials. I live in ...

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $190,000

Cash invested: $13,500

First investment property! An over under duplex consisting of a 2B1B main un...