Michael Nahm
Need advice on how to charge tenant for damage
Hi to all,I encountered an interesting issue and would appreciate your wisdom in handling it.A longtime tenant, who had previously not notified us of an issue in a reasonably timely manner, has done it again.This time...
John Arendsen
April Is Earthquake Preparedness Month In California. You Ready?
April Is Earthquake PreparednessMonth In California. Are You Ready?April Is the official month dedicated to "EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS" There are things you and I can and should do to help ourselves, our families and ou...
Kip Cline
Multiple Thermostat Sensors?
I bought a 4 unit apartment building. 2 units upstairs and 2 down. There is one furnace that heats the whole thing thy the landlord pays for. The thermostat is currently in the basement where the tenants can't mess wi...
Chris Stromdahl
Carpeting in a rental?
I am trying to stay away from buying properties with carpeting.Does that make sense?I will take it into account if the deal is good, but my mind set is that carpet will cost me money every time the unit is turned over...
Rob K.
New furnace regulations - applies to all of us in the Northern United States
http://gilsonusa.com/sites/all/themes/gilson/pdf/ACCA-Northerners-ReplaceFurnace1.pdf
My furnace guy called me about this today. I hadn't heard this before. Any furnace installed after May 1, 2013 needs to be at leas...
Derek Daun
Intermittent gas leak - is that a thing?
I have a potentially small and intermittent gas leak in a house that's becoming a real pain. And before you immediately chime in with 'call the gas company right away', I already did that. That's why it's becoming a p...
Ken Rishel
Buying a Manufactured Housing Community
There is no question in my mind, and in the mind of many others, that manufactured housing land lease communities are one of the best, if not the best, commercial real estate available for investment. I can't imagine ...
Paul A.
Luxury Vinyl Tile Gaps
Has anyone ever had any issues with Luxury Vinyl Tile coming apart? We bought the LVT from Home Depot- paid around $2/sq ft. for a decent quality product- not the cheap one. We had it installed in July- everything was...
Jason Connolly
Urban vs rural investing, with land vs without
I'm just staring out with real estate investing (no deals just yet) but the more I learn, the more I like the manufactured homes niche. No banks necessarily, lower risk, great ROI and less competition. I have a cou...
Carl Teravainen
Wood floor damage assessment
Trying to determine deposit withholding for wood floor damage, primarily from dog nails that, I believe, were not maintained, in addition to general lack of cleaning and carelessness. These types of scratches are ove...