Mark Ainley
Vendors who can restore units after a pipe Break - Chicago
Morning All, we took over a 3 flat for management last week and it had frozen pipes the day we took it over. With the prior management company failing to keep electric in their name leading up to the turnover it resu...
Freeman Miller
Apt Water pipe burst causing water damage
Hi forum! Recently, about a couple of days ago, my apartment building alarm went off. Found that a water pipe broke above my unit causing water to come through the ceilings and walls. Multiple apartments were affected...
Jason Johnson
Butler & Hosch closure
Back in May Butler & Hosch (a large foreclosure firm) which is the parent company of several trustee companies (e.g. RTS pacific) announced its closure. Is anyone seeing an impact to trustee sales due to this clo...
Troy Welch
No insulation or vapor barrier
I just bought my 1st investment property. It is a 50+ year old property that is in pretty good condition. I just ripped out the kitchen cabinets and have a couple of concerns.
1. There is no insulation in the exterio...
Sam Leon
Tadpoles, thousands of tadpoles!
Acquired a property with a swimming pool that is infested with tadpoles.Pool is 25000 gallon in capacity, about 5' deep on one side and 9' deep on the other. It has lots of tadpoles. I couldn't find daddy and mommy ...
Anil J.
exhaust fans in bathrooms
I came across several posts suggesting to wire exhaust fan to the light switch in bathrooms so it turns on automatically when the light is turned on.
* This seems like it's based on assumption that people will turn o...
Barbara Long
starting my own REI club in my town????
Any suggestions that may be helpful to get one started..........so I can get this darn whole sale off to a start and get some of my money back from the FLIP or FLOP class I took! LOL!!
David Triplo
High Efficiency HVAC Condensation Line in Abandoned Chimney
After some searching, I determined where my water issue was coming from in my ground unit in my 1890s, gut rehabbed 3 flat. In my 95% high efficiency HVAC system the PVC pipe connected to a copper pipe in my abandoned...
Erik Bell
Insurance prices in high-risk areas - Forest Fires in the west
Hey All,Given the common reoccurrence of wildfires hitting the west, has this spooked or given anyone uneasiness that its not a matter of "If", but more of a "when" a natural disaster such as a fire could affect your ...
Kellen M
Getting Rid of Water Odor
Hi, I have a property where I had a water leak in the basement. Well, I fixed the leak, it's completely dry and I also got rid of everything that was damaged from the water. But I can't seem to get rid of the water ...