Bienes Raices
Letting the tenants paint one room
Tenants want to paint one of the bedrooms pink (right now it's painted a very muted yellow/gray called "earth smoke"). I'm tempted to let them do it as a consolation prize in lieu of something else they asked to do bu...
Atul Mohlajee
Tenant wants to keep a German Shephard dog
An existing tenant is asking for permission to include German Shephard dog while renewing lease. Willing to pay $600 dog fee annually. It is unit 1first floor of a 2-Flat in Forest Park. The property has a small fr...
Will Chamberlin
Closed and rehabbing #4 & #5
Hello All,Not sure if this really qualifies as a success story or not yet but my wife & I closed on two SFH in Syracuse, NY in the last couple of weeks and, as an out of state investor, am now in town for the reha...
Dallas Kidd
Let's talk mistakes, what is your biggest? I will tell you mine.
For me the bad mistakes cost the most money. And I am a contractor So I am going to go with a home we remodeled and the plumber rerouted one of the drains and never tied it into the main under the basement slab . So n...
Brad D.
WSJ Says Bidding Wars in Seattle?
I would think this is wrong, but who knows. The WSJ is usually fairly solid, but they did turn the comments off on this article:https://www.wsj.com/articles/despite-stay-at-home-order-seattles-real-estate-market-conti...
Christopher Dunson
Renovation with Tenants
Hello BP members and professionals. I am closing on my first 2 4 plex's at the same time in 5 days or so, and am trying to figure out a game plan for the properties. I'm pretty much doing the BRRRR strategy with these...
Joshua Stewart
ADU New Construction Cost (Charlotte)
Seeing as this is the New Construction forum and a lot of the questions are some version of “how much does it cost to build X” I thought I would share some real numbers and experience from a project we currently have ...
Sonu Sharma
Long time renter in home being bought - need suggestions
Not sure if this message belongs in this forum but if not, please forgive my ignorance.
I am looking to buy a wholesale deal in DFW that has a renter who has been in the home for multiple years paying below market re...
Jimmy Jamz
renovating after a smoker
Hello All (Hopefully this is the right forum for this discussion!)I recently bought a condo that was owner-occupied for 30 years - and the owner was a big time smoker. The ceilings and walls are disgusting! The smel...
Tommy Spijkers
New investor Business Plan - All feedback is welcome
Hi Everybody,Have been browsing around on the forum the past couple of weeks and decided to introduce myself. I'm Tommy and I live in the Dayton area in Ohio. I have always been interested in REI and after paying down...