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HiEvery one!First of all, thanks for all the help I got from BP community ,I feel like every step of the way there are people helping me,I m really appreciated! From June 2019 I started searching on BP and now I am o...
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I bought a house almost 10 years ago with an odor (yep, I had it inspected); people have described the smell as musty, an old dog smell, & an old house smell. When I was dating my wife, she'd go back to her place ...
I've seen the rule of thumb that you shouldn't buy a property older than 30 years for value-add multi families. In some markets (like Cincinnati) the up-and-coming areas consist of properties that can be much older; b...
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My rentals are in NY state. I recently had a tenant move out after 18 months. The place was left in fair condition. I still spent several hours putting in light bulbs, batteries in the smoke alarms and CO detect...
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We just closed on our 4th Vacation Rental property!Thought it would never happen after the lengthy, frustrating, infuriating bank loan process. This is our 3rd investment mortgage, will never go through this again, ev...
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I received a text from my realator in PA yesterday that he just got a listing for an 11 unit apartment complex and wanted to know if I was interested. Heck yeah I am! Not on market yet, have a couple weeks till hits...
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This year, I had an impressive first in my landlording career. I've already had to change out two legacy bathroom sink drain assembles in two rentals in two months. Anyone who has had to do work on bathroom vanity dra...
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I recently bought a property, and had to evict the uncooperative tenant. During the eviction process, the tenant complained that she had recently paid for a new furnace (Forced Air Unit) and was angry that she was ge...
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Hello all!If you manage and maintain your own properties, what spare parts do you stock?What I have in mind are things that might make the house "unlivable", or parts that can be used to at least make the house safe o...