I have a rental I am currently rehabbing and have a paint contractor about to start. This house hasn't been painted in 30 plus years and his plan was to power wash and scrap what's flaking off, but leave some "alligat...

I really would love to hear from some other apartment owners and/or managers paying the bills on this apartment complexes. Tases and insurance I can nail down. The biggest questions are about all the little stuff like...

So I am finally ready to jump in and buy my first single family rental property. There is a city about 30 minutes from downtown Minneapolis with property values that fit my financial strategy ($180,000 - $350,000 appr...

Hey, I am a collegiate student athlete and get a cost of attendance stipend which pays for my living expenses. I have yet to work a W2 job and have saved up a ton of money from non W2 work. I want to house hack here i...

I have an older house that I recently rehabbed.  We put replaced the old wood decking with new.  I am trying to decide if I should stain the deck or if I should paint the deck?  I am leaning towards painting it thinki...

I see people trying to create a buyer’s list all the time. In the old days they would go to the REIA meetings and walk around getting everyone’s phone number and email. Nowadays people will post on a Facebook group an...

I have a house I plan on rehabbing and the roof color doesn't go well with the rest of the house.  The asphalt shingles are in good shape, so rather than replacing, I have been researching painting them.  There's a va...

I'm so not patient! I had some issues with burst pipes and delays getting the water on in a house I'm flipping and winter came early here. So the only work I really need to do is power washing and painting/staining th...

The house I bought had a strong pet odor, cat urine, and as part of the scope of work, I asked contractor to eliminate that odor, however house was repainted and work 99% complete, but odor came back. Contractor assur...

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