This is meant to be funny - I've stopped trying to figure out why toilets leak water, or keeps running.  I know it is easy to get a new flapper, a new ball cock, or new handle, but older toilets just waste water. In S...

What is the correct way to install laminate floors? Should all baseboards and door trim be removed before laying the floor and then you add baseboards back after the floor is installed? Or is it okay to add the floori...

I only have one rental so I am just getting into this.  The tenant has been great so far and paying on time.  However, I was just asked if they could put an above ground pool in the backyard.  Assuming it is not perma...

My tenant called, and they want to pay to install a tornado shelter (this is the kind that goes in the garage floor; only takes a couple of hours and costs around $2500). This is in Oklahoma, about 15 miles from wh...

I'm in the Louisiana area and have a handyman completing a lot of the repairs on a foreclosure I recently bought - this one will become my primary residence. I want to make sure I'm not getting taken advantage of on t...

Hi
When I did a moving out walkthrough with my tenants, I've noticed that they took down the TV wall mount that I left when they moved in two years ago. They said it didn't fit their big TV so they installed a new on...

Hello! My mother is older and has recently had alot of health trouble. She desperately needed her carpet torn out and laminate wood flooring planks installed in about 600 square feet of her home. I knew this would cos...

As I add additional rental properties to my portfolio I'm thinking about whether or not I should have security systems installed. Both as a feature for tenants and for me in the event the space is vacant. Is this a pr...

Hi,I was wondering if anyone has a recommendation for a contractor who can do installation of an acrylic bath/shower in San Diego (near downtown). Home Depot's contractor estimated $8,000 that is more than double what...

Hey BP community!Derek Dillon here, a investor from Southampton NY. I am in the middle of trying to purchase a 2 family house located upstate NY. The method i am using is No money down: Owner financing. I need a contr...