I am considering buying a building with store on first floor and a 2 BR large apartment on second floor in a Chicago suburb.  I am new to commercial investment.  Is it a good investment if I can make good positive cas...

Rehabbing a bottom floor apartment which has damaged hardwood floors from a busted water heater. It is concrete slab and could be considered below grade as it is built on a hillside (only has windows on one side of un...

Last month my contractor installed 2 vinyl tile floors in my rental property. 1 in the mudroom on the 1st fl and 1 on the 2nd fl bathroom. It is a large 5 bedroom home with an even larger family. With lots of kids! ...

What's the most tenant friendly flooring, that's cheap to install, and still looks desirable?

Carpet?
Hardwoods?
Laminant?
Sticky tiles?

I guess what I'd like to know is, what flooring will have the lowest mainten...

2 weeks ago, there was water leak in my rental in Austin. Last week, the property management company told me they have paid for me.To plumber who found the leak and stop it: $3500To remedy: $4700It is a 1700 sqft one ...

Hey. Just wanted to share some pictures of a recent rehab we did. The place was originally rented out for $400. Smelly, cramped, dirty, and did I mention smelly? Well, we went in and knocked down the walls since there...

Hey y'all. Anyone have any experience with long term frame investments in Florida? Where is the property up to after 5 years? Ten years? Any significant difference between single family and multi-family deterioration?...

Hello BP familyRecently bought a quadplex. And one of the unit I went into has an issue on the second floor where one of the room hardwood floor is wavy. I can feel like a speed bump in one spot in the room, is that l...

We may be acquiring a multiunit. 1960's brick built, garden style, 3 story high buildings.The units had parque wood floors up until about 4 years ago. The current landlord started putting in carpet to reduce noise com...

I have seen some that say carpet is the way to go in bedrooms, but others that say it is too expensive to replace and there are on-going costs of cleaning between tenants. Personally I have the tenants pay for cleanin...