So getting ready to sell a rental and had a few contractors there for various projects. And talked with all of them about the dated bleached oak cabinets, I was considering painting or refacing. Interestly all three o...

Investment Info:
Buy & hold investment in a west-side of Cleveland, OH suburb (initially a house-hack). This property is a duplex with one 2 bedroom/1 bath unit, and one 3 bedroom/1 bath unit. 
Purchase price: $...

I have seen several window posts lately and thought I share one on glass properties. I have tried to break this down to simple terms and only hit the important parts of glass.  There are many variables to glass but on...

My wife and I just closed on our first home, which is a duplex in the San Antonio area. We'll be househacking and renting out the other side for about a year to satisfy the terms of our mortgage. In about one year, we...

Asking for clarification on a tenant screening/application issue.  I placed a listing on apartments.com with a minimum fico and income requirement.  They rejected my ad saying that this violated national fair housing ...

I am looking to purchase a duplex as our first rental property. One of the units is currently rented by an 80 year old woman that has lived there almost 40 years. She's currently paying less than half the market rate...

Above picture is the after

Above picture is the beforeI bought a small sfr pictured above in which I prioritized rehabbing the inside first so it’s livable, which took a couple months but now complete. I recently...

I wanted to share some ideas and tips that I use as well as get some from you guys out there. My wife and I invest in a high crime, low-income area of Baton Rouge, LA. We do things the right way, always. We love it an...

Well again I got another story and not sure how to handle this. Flooring is a couple years old and in very good to excellent shape before they moved in. They moved out and left a big chunk taken out of the vinyl floor...

Background & Context
Today's New York Times reports on a new publication, Appraised. The publication argues, based on recently released appraisal data-sets, that current day appraisal processes bake the results...