Tools you can go without and use regularly?Hello Everyone trying to put together a toolkit for housewarming gift to a friend to reduce maintenance issues. This is more of a survey, give me ideas! (Ex: Garbage disposal...

Our tenant text my husband today saying that he's vacating in a few days. He said he emailed us his 30-day notice to both of our personal emails two weeks ago, however neither of us received an email from him. My husb...

My name is Anthony (Tony) Jenkins and I am a professional painter who has 20 years experience in various types of rehabs including residential and business properties.My interest in BiggerPockets is to learn more abou...

We've done plenty of renovation on our own place over the past 8 years but next month we'll be ready to renovate 2 units in our new 4 plex. Wondering if anyone has any great resources for a beginner, especially concer...

I have a faded pale yellow vinyl Cape Cod I am Live & Flipping. I did some reframing of outside walls. I will need to replace vinyl in several locations, but I would personally prefer a white home and think resale...

Have a lawn care company saying my tenant owes him $205 and won't pay. Because of that, he's threatening to put a lien on my property unless I pay him. I'm of course trying to get the tenant to pay as my lease says he...

Hello,I am painting a house for a family member, as the previous painter that was hired to do so was cutting corners and not doing a thorough job. As I was sanding everything, I noticed that the newest coat of trim pa...

Hi everyone,
I had a tenant move out and I repainted the apartment. After the second coat of paint the old paint still bleeds through in small dots all over the room which is evidence that someone was smoking in the ...

The hoa of one of my units has required everyone to paint their front door from green to red.  Not a job I want to drive there for, and while in general I hire contractors to do work, I am leaning towards letting the ...

This is a two part question1) If I hire a painter to paint an entire inside of my rental house for lets say for $3,000 would this be considered a repair expense (improvement) that needs to be depreciated or would it b...