I'm planning to furnish my house for Airbnb/STR but want to try to stick to a conservative budget and buy some items on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist for cheap. - I'm wondering how taxes work for this? Can I wri...

I have always been a LTR investor and decided to convert one of my properties to a short/mid term rental. I am currently hosting to a guest that booked for a month and will probably be extending his stay but I am just...

What does it take to get LEED certified?

When I first started doing STRs in my town, there were at least 3 other people doing the same thing and catering to the same target market (refinery contractors).  Over the course of 3-5 years, those other people got ...

Hi there,Was hoping for advice from some of you more seasoned DIY / flipper folks.  I am working to restore an old 1960s ranch style home.  It has eight foot ceilings throughout, with old white oak flooring that was s...

I call her the Bed Bug Lady. She's been my Sec 8 tenant for 14 yrs. Four years ago I sold a condo which she occupied. Sale required I deliver the condo vacant so after many months notice she came to court with lega...

Hi All-My tenants just moved out after a year and the apartment reeks of cigarettes smoke. I've been leaving the windows open hoping this will help (it's been about 4 days). Will this smell go away? They were only the...

I want to replace my recessed lighting with LED retrofit kits as part of the air sealing I'm doing before insulating my attic. I'm not sure what to look for with these. Are all of the brands going to provide an air se...

Hi everyone,

We closed on our first four-plex on 4/15. And needless to say, we are nervous !!!

1 tenant has left and the other 3 are leaving in the next 1-2 months. The building is 100 years old, is structurally goo...

This is a 40-minute investigative documentary.https://projects.newsday.com/long-island/real-estate-agents-investigation/My favorite quote:“This is something that didn’t happen in the deep South,” said Greg Squires, pr...