Tommy Nastasi
Open concept Kitchen Remodel- how to support ceiling? Engineer?
Kitchen Reno in a raised ranch. Want to know if it’s possible to remove the walls separating the kitchen from the dining/living room without using LVL/or any type of beam but instead fasten the ceiling joists to the r...
Anthony Theokary
In need of a structural engineer
Can anyone help please. I took down a wall in my home I just bought and I’m in need of a structural engineer to see if it was load bearing.The house is 13’ x 30’ the joists run from party wall to party wall. It is a r...
Sabrina Speights
Security Deposits - can bank set up happen virtually?
Hi all, In MA, my understanding is that landlords have to hold security deposits in a bank within the state that is interest bearing. The one I've been using requires me to go into the bank to sign with each tenant tu...
Leslie Anne Morris
Themed Out! Over-the-Top Pink Dolly Theme Project in Pigeon Forge, TN
I bought a 2 bed / 2 bath house in Pigeon Forge, TN in 2021 for $282k. I did conventional financing and put 20% down. This was my 6th or 7th STR in the Smoky Mountain market (now I have 11 and I am building number 1...
Colette Major
Using a room in my rental to store my STR furniture
We are paying $260 per month with Public Storage to house decor/furniture that we intended to use for coliving. Long story. I do not want to give away the items, they are brand new and I cannot bear to eat the cost. H...
Adrian Jinks
NJ Security Deposit
Hi Everyone! So I purchased a multi family a couple months ago and I have a tenant signing a lease this week for one unit. I have never done this before. So with a security deposit, I know I need to put it in an inter...
Julienne Kabre
Trying to evict a squatter since March in Chicago
A tenant in one of my units moved in his girlfriend without notifying me or my manager as the lease states. Then he had a restraining order because of domestic violence back in February. His girlfriend stayed in the a...
Patrick Philip
Former tenant not home to receieve security deposit notice
According to Florida law, I have to send certified mail to former tenants stating deductions from their security deposit. I sent one and the former tenant wasn't home to sign, so it has yet to be delivered. Law says I...
John Dodenhoff
Best practice to find vacant properties for wholesale / rehab
Hello BP! I have been driving through neighborhoods in Horry County, SC (Myrtle Beach) for a few weeks and found around 74 homes that looked vacant. We skip traced the address/owner's name, there were about 65. When i...
Vivek Mattur
Does trees/plants/shrubs in backyard add/reduce value of home
Does have trees, plants, , shrubs in the backyard reduce value to the property due to higher maintenance and less usable space compared to same size backyard with just a lawn in it? Also, does have an additional side ...