Chuck Drinnan
Condo Leasing and Staging
We have a condo in Austin that should lease for $1000 to $1200. We are trying to lease it with minimal improvements (it is in decent shape as it is). It is 725 sq feet. Really a mid sized living area with small are...
Misa Romeo
Buying Rental properties in Toledo, Ohio
HiI bought 3 rental properties last year but none of them have real cash flow. All of these are in Austin area. Now i am seriously looking for cash flow and thinking about investing in other states.Is Toledo a good pl...
Christopher Persaud
Buying Materials for Rehab
Hey everyone, have any tips for saving money for a complete rehab?
I just purchased one and I am looking for tips on saving money on building materials.
One good one that I came across was The Home Depo...
Ben M.
What to do with kitchen cabinets in this condition
Can contractors create missing parts for cabinets (like the one circled on the left) so that we won't have to get new cabinets?Can they also fix wood rot under the sink (like the one circled on the right) and just rep...
Jay Miller
Under Contract - Need Rehab Advice
I'm currently under contract (my first ever purchase) on a 2 unit + garden in Irving Park, hoping to close next week and would like to get the ball rolling on work ASAP to get the vacant units on the market by 10/1 id...
John Olsen
Learning To Be More Handy
Hi all! I'm a handy guy at all. Instead of having my handy man come over for every little thing I want to learn to do things on my own. Does anyone know of a Blog, youtube channel etc. that is good for learning to ...
Joe McCray
Contractor from north Carolina
Hello Everyone, I am new to this forum, but not to the business. I live in Raleigh, North Carolina with my family. My hopes are to expand my business through this forum. I do drywall, floors, paint, tile, plumbing, an...
Schaiane Rodriguez
FHA loan?????
My husband and I talked to our banker about buying a duplex, we would be living there and renting the top floor. We were looking at properties that were around $60,000 the broker said we should get an FHA loan and loo...
Algerson Andre
House Hacking While Living In and Budget Improvements
My wife and I just closed on our first investment property, which we will be house hacking a dupelx for the next couple of months. The goal is to live in one unit (3bd/1bth) and make updates while living in, and at th...
Patrick Allen
Triplex House Hack in Tucson, revisited after rehab #2
Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Tucson.
Purchase price: $411,000
Cash invested: $125,000
A secondary update about my 2nd House Hack, now that we have both...