My wife and I are new to real estate and have just decided to diversify and start to shift money from REITs into our own rental properties. We currently live in a split level house in Olathe, KS that has been refurbis...

Does anyone have a resource they can share for construction unit rates? Whether it's at a residential or commercial level. 
It will obviously vary by market, volume of work and current material prices.  What I'm tryi...

Would love to hear from those who rehab or build spec homes on where you like to source your main materials...  Mostly on the finish side.  Cabinets, Windows, doors, flooring, lighting, plumbing etc..  
I'm always lo...

Investment Info:

Condo buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $200,000

Cash invested: $93,000

Purchased this 2 bed 2 bath condo in Branson, Missouri with the goal of it being a STR. Purchased for...

I'll preface by stating my mother is my 50/50 financial partner in our budding business. She has a long term corporate career in banking and auditing. I am handling most everything in our REI business except for bookk...

Just spent a decent amount of coin doing a make ready during a vacancy.  Come tax time, how do you generally categorize these expenses? Two biggest expenses were flooring (improvement) and interior painting (repair). ...

I have a duplex approx. 2200 sf.  Large 2 bedroom side is approx. 1600 sf.  There are 2 electric meters now. Outside boxes (both meters) have been updated to brand new with plenty of space / capacity for future.  We p...

Ok, so I’m under contract and need to start building the vision for this rehab, where do I start? I’m a visual person and like to have a visual representation of my vision. I don’t like to just pray the contractor h...

I am wondering if you can recommend any interior painters in southeast Denver/Aurora/Centennial? Our tenant moves out on May 15 and the new one moves in June 1. We're trying to get the interior painted in that 2 week ...

I need some advice of window installation. I have seen my dad do this but I am going to try it for the first time. The exterior window and entry door installation were all done by a professional company but I decided ...