We have our first rental property and our tenants have been in there almost 3 years which is longer than we expected.  The question is how to inform our tenant that we would like the carpet cleaned?  We want to preser...

My wife has inherited a townhouse from her mom. Long story short, she lived alone until she passed at almost 90 and at times was quite a difficult person to deal with. She had cats and the smell had been building for ...

Hi,Thank you in advance for your assistance. I am remodeling a 2 bed/1 bath house, and the bathroom is too small for a separate shower and tub. Do you think I should just do a shower or a shower/tub combo? I just simp...

Hi, dear landlords on BP!!! I am going to close my first BRRRR house this month and will start the renovation next month. The strategy for this house is for rent for a few years then sell it or maybe just keep it as a...

Hi there,Can anyone recommend a general contractor in the Philadelphia area?  I am looking to flip a house in East Falls and want to see if I can be within the seller's asking price based on an estimate of the work ne...

Hello bp community,
After closing on a SFH turnkey property with a well-known provider in Memphis, my tenants stayed for a full 2 years. I collected about $300 / month in cashflow with relatively few repairs/maintena...

We finally started to repair fire damaged property. tore out all burned material and gutted directly affected areas. Plaster on lathe walls are covered in soot. what is the best course of action demolish and replace o...

Curious what you landlords are paying to paint and clean an 850 Sq Ft 2BR/1BA apartment unit to make it rent ready. (The unit is all hardwood flooring, which needs nothing.)

I'm rehabbing a single family house in an above average neighborhood, am considering replacing the current standard bathtub to a fancy fiberglass tub with whirlpool jets. Does anyone have experience with this, and wil...

Hi folks,As soon as this pesky eviction is finished (fingers cross for less than 2 weeks from now), we'll begin re-habbing a small 1 bedroom unit in our duplex. The floors are trashed: crappy carpet with cigarette bur...