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Hello, I'm the President of a 6-unit HOA that is going through a difficult issue that involves damage to an owner's ceiling that was caused by a different owner. The problem started when the basement unit's owner noti...
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Morning All, we took over a 3 flat for management last week and it had frozen pipes the day we took it over. With the prior management company failing to keep electric in their name leading up to the turnover it resu...
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We have 7 properties. Historically we have had tenants put all utilities in their own name. We have recently encountered a problem with the Louisville Water Co. They have done some work on a street one of our prope...
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Hello all,I have a leaking UST on property I am under contract with. The soil borings came back as 20,000 ppm. Remediation starts at 5,100 ppm according to EPA from what the company states and what i have read. Does a...
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I just found out the REO my offer was accepted on has this piping. Is this something I should walk away from? I don't suppose there's any hope of getting the bank to pay for repiping. Thanks.
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I have a condo that's currently being rented out. A couple months ago, my renter contacted me saying the floor under the hot water heater was wet. Turned out it was b/c the water heater temperature was too high and th...
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Kind of a strange post for a real estate investing forum but I will tie this back to real estate. I recently realized that writing is a good outlet for me and sharing my thoughts can maybe help someone else so it’s a...
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Hi All,I'm soon to own a small multi-family property that has W/D hookups in the units, and the current tenants all have their own washers. The disclosed annual water bill is $2000, which via local custom is paid by ...
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Hello,
I was curious what was the one thing that made you finally get started in real estate? I am making the steps to get started after being the "education cycle" for several years. This past year, we lost my mothe...
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Went over to a rental property today to work on a leaking basement window. One of my tenants was at home recovering from surgery on his arm. While I was there, a vein in his arm ruptured and he started bleeding heavil...