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Hi All! I have a quick question regarding what a landlord can require in terms of repairs. I've been living in my place for a couple years now. It was just sold to a new owner, and he wants to set up a new lease. It a...
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There are two categories of insured HUD homes.
1) Insured
2) Insured with Escrow
Both of which qualify for FHA financing once the repairs have been made correct? Whats the difference exactly between "insured" and "i...
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Hi, I would like to understand the pros and cons in using a property manager (live person whom I can be in touch directly) vs using all-in-one property management softwares such as rentredi, hemlane, caretaker, etc. (...
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I have brought this up on other boards, but I still am not sure of the answer. I am a landlord who has acquired some fix up properties which I will lease to tenants. I have not yet made any of the houses rent ready....
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Have a new tenant in one of my units in a fourplex. The unit has used appliances I purchased. The tenant moves in and notifies me that the dishwasher is leaking showing me a picture of suds all over the floor. I go ov...
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So we inherited tenants from the previous owner and now have to get the HVAC unit replaced because the dogs piss left a whole in the outside unit, causing Freon to leak out. This has prevented the unit from being repl...
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HI all, thank you in advance for your wisdom and experience! My husband and I are new to investing in real estate. We have an SFH rented to a nice couple. There’s an issue with the oven and since we are new owners I m...
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I have a property that needs some roof work completed. My PM contacted me about it, and said that, with their "25% management fee", the repair cost would be $X,XXX. Is that normal to charge an additional fee on top of...
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Here's my situation;I acquired a property and I am making repairs to it to bring it up to a certain standard before I list it on STR websites. It seems like the repairs will take some time so I won't be able to list i...
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Does something like a "property maintenance company" exist?I'm self-managing ~60 units on the south side and for the most part, doing great. However, maintenance is killing me. I'm a computer nerd and spent much of my...