Brian Berry
Tenant submitted maintenance request, but ghosted provider and me
I have a tenant in an out of state property which I am self managing. She put in a maintenance request through Latchel (the RentRedi maintenance management system) for a leaky pipe in the (unfinished) basement. They r...
Craig Peterson
Who is the end buyer of non-value-add apartments?
It seems like most everything I read or hear promotes a value-add strategy for multi family investments, regardless of the long term holding strategy (buy/hold, buy/sell, buy/refi, etc).
Value-add from increasing N...
Zoran Domazet
Bathroom Demo - concrete wall with metal wire nightmare
Hey BP members,
I am starting a remodel on one of the bathrooms in my property and need some advise on removing tile that was placed on concrete and wire mesh. The house was built in 1940's and the material they've ...
Tricia O'Brien
How Deal with Tenant Possibly using Stove to Heat Unit (Indiana)
I recently evaluated a 100 year old triplex in Indiana where the landlord pays gas, water, trash but electric is individually metered (and each unit has electric heat). The units all have a gas stove/oven and share o...
Ryan Keenan
Va appraisal and chipping paint
Hey bp, just had a va appraisal done and everything went well except for the chipping paint outside. I do have shake siding which would be very time consuming to paint the entire house. Anyway around this?
Kelly Beck
Purchasing Mobile homes cheap and remodeling
Newbie here....we haven't even purchased our first property. We had been looking into SFHs but now have discovered the lovely world of mobiles homes as rentals. I've been reading through many posts about not to purcha...
Jennifer Roth
Is there a charge when transferring funds from Canada into a US account?
Hi there, I was wondering if anyone would be able to answer my question. I am looking to borrow money from one of my investor friends who live in Canada. My attorney stated that this investor should be able to transfe...
Kel S
How difficult is it to get a home HUD approved?
We are thinking in the future of getting HUD approved, but not sure what the process is, how difficult it is or how long it takes.
Can anyone that has gone through the process give me some in...
Zoe Lee
multiplex tenant reliable?
We just start looking at multiplex for "better cash flow" based on my realtor's recommendation. But I noticed multiplex community usually looks less neat and not so well maintained, due to tenants not taking care of t...
Catherine Underwood
3 questions about investing in LA/SoCal
I am looking for Cash flow properties in LA and SoCal. I’ve been doing research and have 3 questions. I am from England, so my questions might be culturally related.Question 1: “Ghetto areas” in LA I’ve found a few p...