Ken Nyczaj
Scrub walls to remove smoke damage
Hey Everyone,Just closed on my first flip in Maryland. The seller smoked heavily in the property, house is 1250 sq ft and is a rancher style. I was thinking we needed to remove carpet, scrub walls, and then prime, but...
Rahul Handa
Getting sued! Is it common in real estate?
Is it really common as a real estate investor to get sued? If yes then how can you minimize the risk for getting sued. Have you ever been sued or know someone who has?
Mark Forest
Stove cleaning
I am at work, but my wife just called and said she put in several hours at one of our new properties cleaning the oven and stove. It just seems to me that the work NEVER ends and we get nickeled and dimed by the util...
David Avetisyan
Commercial Carpet vs. Residential Carpet for Rental
I have a unit that was recently well renovated, and I'm at the point where I need to install the carpet to get it ready for viewing.
With that said, I'm not sure whether I should go with Commercial Carpeting or Resi...
Ian Broadie
Am I crazy for wanting to tear the roof off this Duplex?
Hey everyone! I've been working on buying a duplex for a few months now (crazy I know) and I'm coming down the home stretch, but when I brought up my plans to my frugal fiancé she thinks I'm crazy.Here's the deal: usi...
Silvestre M.
Greetings from So Cal
Hello BP! My name is Silvestre Madrid, first thing people ask me is "Do you have a nickname?" And yes..its Sly :) I feel very fortunate to have found this site, it is such a valuable source of knowledge I cannot even...
James Lindsey
High cost market with little to no money, how do you start?
Most of what I have seen and read on bigger pockets has involved people with money from someplace like California moving/investing in a place like the Midwest where your money goes further or people from a market like...
Clint Harris
Getting paid to live at the beach...
So I’m writing this post with a sincere feeling of gratitude for this Bigger Pockets community. I started investing in properties 10 years ago, bought a duplex and house hacked when I was in my early 20s, then went o...
Dylan B.
Flooring for rentals
Hello all, I have a vacant unit and I am getting ready to do some updates. My business partner and I were at Lowes looking at flooring and noticed the peel and stick vinyl plank tile. It looks really good for a rent...
Justin Johnson
First rental, not renting. Suggestions.
Closed on my first single family rental 21 days ago. Listed it immediately with the disclaimer it was being rehabbed (nothing major, but lots of little stuff). We have had at least 12-15 groups/families walk through a...