Hello, I have new tenants in a month to month lease. I started them off with 101 gallons of fuel oil. They moved in about the first week of November. Issues started I had someone come out and drain the system. it was ...
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Hi,I through buying my first investment property and i have a question regarding estimating the maintenance costs.After checking a foreclosure house which has been winterized, if my offer is accepted and i get a home ...
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I have a duplex built in the 50's I noticed that a similar duplex down the street was for sale and upon viewing the pictures I noticed it had a washer dryer hook up stuck in the utility closet
the owner moved the hot...
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So I have a duplex that a tenant just texted me about having roaches. The duplex was fully renovated prior to the current tenants, before them it was empty for 8+yrs. Both tenants moved in the beginning of this yr. Th...
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This is my first "landlord problem" post. Sorry it's long but I'm at my wits end. I realize I could have bigger problems because the tenants take care of the property and pay on time. But, the husband is getting annoy...
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Hello BP!I was on vacation out-of-state last week when every investor's vacation nightmare happened: My tenant called and told me the unit was flooding (being destroyed). I called Service Master and they were able to ...
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Do you give a down payment to a Contractor before he does work?
I'm having a hard time finding contractors that would do work without a down payment.
I feel like even with a contract, a contractor could just walk ...
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First post and hopefully this site will steer us to a path of successful real estate investors.A quick few facts about this house: a large house (4+bedrooms/1.5 baths with central air: a perk in this section of neighb...
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Hi everyone! 'Hope everyone is staying healthy and doing well. I own condos and one of my tenants has had a growing brown banded cockroach problem for about the last 4 months. My tenants are extremely clean and vigi...
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My location is very difficult to invest.1. It is a tenant friendly state2. It’s very expensive3. Returns are minimalso now that you guys know that, I have a question for the experienced investor. I’ve been doing this ...