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After re-reading Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant, I have a renewed focus of increasing our passive income from our investments. Up to this point, my main focus has been on increasing our net worth. Right now we are gener...
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This may be a question for people specifically in Washington. One of our tenants was on a 2 year lease option with us but decided to back out before the 2 years was up. The tenant is claiming since he installed 2 new ...
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I am renovating my primary home that I plan to live in for 10+ year and probably much longer than that. We have had multiple contractors and others suggest maybe not getting permits due to the fact that the house is i...
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While i am researching for best places to buy rental investment properties i feel confused while looking on (vacancy rate, high owner occupied areas ...etc) , my question is when there is an area which has 80% houses ...
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That is what my SIL told me tonight. Her brothers bought 4 houses to rehab and flip and couldn't sell any of them for a profit, so they kept them as rentals. She said no one could afford to buy them for what they ar...
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Hi,
I've been rehabbing homes for about a year now and have only been doing paint and carpet for more of my properties - very light rehab work. I've been learning about other investors around the country who do EXTEN...
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I have three kitchens in my properties that have kitchens that look like this. Would you replace these cabinets and counter tops, or try to repair and repaint? There is about 15 linear feet of cabinets, and I will b...
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When it comes to painting on your new construction, which do you think works best?1. Spray before installing flooring, cabinets, etc. 2. Install flooring and cabinets, cover and then paint.We've done both ways, but I...
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Hello BP friends. Getting too many requests related to plumbing.Do you have any recommendation for that? I was thinking about updating contract to make tenants pay for expenses (plumbing issues)Last month expenses wer...
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