Hi everyone,

My name is Mark.

First time posting here on the site. I will be closing on my 1st property in the Coachella Valley-La Quinta area in the next week. I will be renting it out as a vacation rental on a sho...

Anyone ever repaired appliances in their rentals?

So I have an older whirlpool dishwasher in one of my properties that has gone out...not totally though. I believe the timer has gone bad because it won't advance to...

What is your check out procedure for guests?  (run dishwasher, take trash out, strip beds?) Do you have a vacuum in each property or does cleaner bring their own? (I never thought of this until bed bugs were brought t...

So I bought a 3 family in NJ and have gut renovated all apartments and have had great luck thus far but have run into my real first issue. Here is the situationI gutted one of the units (3 bedroom 1 bath) with a new k...

Hello BP,I just got word from my tenant that her gas/light bill was $500 this month!  I know it has been cold this past month but I think that is way too high. I did go by to look at a few things last month and notice...

Hello 
I have 30” kitchen cabinet and 12” soffit. I’m trying to remove the soffit  and I found the HVAC duct in the soffit box. Any suggestion how I can reroute the duct ?

Thank you 

One of my tenants does flooring for a living. He asked if he could put new carpeting in his apartment, and said it wouldn't cost me a thing, that they had plenty of leftover carpeting to do the entire unit, and that h...

Hello BP!  We are looking at a SFR that has been split into two units.  It has only one water, gas and electric meter (i.e.- one furnace and one water heater).  Wondering how this would work with having two separate t...

So what is everybody's opinion on being more proactive with your property and having scheduled services done throughout the year. Which ones would you do?EXAMPLESFall & Spring Landscape Target Date: March/April an...

I'm looking at properties in my area (Lancaster, PA aka Amish Country!) and found a neighborhood that I like.  Someone said to me the other day that their ideal rental would NOT have central air and would be electric ...