I feel I should preface this by saying that the tenants were ones I inherited for only two months.  The first time I went to a showing on the property I noticed that there were appox. 10-15 piles of dogs poop on the 2...

I have have a duplex that was converted into 4 units. The added upstairs unit has very low hot water pressure because the hot water heater to all units are in the basement. Any suggestions or contraptions I may be ...

I am currently rehabbing a house that has a garage. The garage has drywall that was painted about 13 years ago. My question is, do you fill in the nail holes, chips, cracks, and then paint, or do you just give the g...

hello All. I purchased home with a two stour addiction that has rough cedar exterior walls. The walls were left to the elements for some years and have turned almost black. I wondered if they can be cleaned with somet...

You amazing investors who have a large sample size, what are the things you can count on maintaining or replacing every month?

Here's what I've seen with my 3 units:

1. Microwave stuff - just replace this when it b...

What's up everyone, first post here! found a lot of help here so far and I even ordered the flipping houses book! Should be here tomorrow and I look forward to it hopefully helping me in my real estate investing caree...

I recently purchased a 6 unit property, and should have all the units leased up in the next couple of weeks. I purchased using a combination of my own cash and some hard money, and have put in around 80k worth of reha...

I'm in the process of getting a new 3b 2 b house to manage, however there are a lot of issues that need to be taken care of to rent it, which the owners told me before I even viewed it. The outside needs 3-4 large tre...

Just an FYI about the new EPA RRP Lead Safe Law. Most contractors need to be certified under the law, (this may flip a few of you out) however the law also extends to real estate investors that perform their own repa...

Currently debating the issue on windows and would like some input. This is a rental property and all windows are being replaced. The savings is $800 for the same window going with single hungs. Single hung are actuall...