I live in TN.  My wife and I are looking for a duplex or triplex to house hack/BRRRR.  We plan on gaining some equity from value add.  My question: Do I need some kind of permit to make cosmetic changes to the house? ...

Authorities always encourage everyone to change the smoke detector batteries at the beginning of the new year.  I was wondering what others do about this.  Do you just hope the tenant does it or do you provide it as p...

I have a rental home where the village contacted me to do their rental inspection that is required every 3 years.  My PM coordinated with the village inspector to do a walk through the house.  I'm shocked at the amoun...

I'd like to get as much input as possible, but am especially interested in those folks rehabbing in the east and west ends of metro Atlanta.  I currently have a couple of properties in transition neighborhoods - one b...

I live in Raleigh NC with my wife. I've owned a quadplex for about a year and a half, fully rented and booking a little over 36k in revenue last year.

I financed my 4-plex with FHA. I manage it myself and t...

A few years ago I decided to keep my house and rent it out when I got married and moved into my husbands house. I simply put a home warranty on the house for $500 per year and when anything broke, like a garbage dispo...

Has anyone else had a high number of furnace issues this year? I've replaced two furnaces and five blowers, so far.

Hi everyone,I have a group house that brought in a couple new people to an existing group lease.  One of the new tenants saw some mold and did a bunch of testing on their own, finding dangerous mold in samples and in ...

My tenant is moving in today and I got an email from my PM that the AC is not working....Is this my bad luck or is it always like this on a rental ? The unit is about 5 years old and it was working great when I stay f...

Hi I just closed on my first deal, a duplex in South Los Angeles, and excited to get started renovating it but some of the things I have in mind might require permits so I was wondering if anyone had experience with t...