Hi,I am in talks with a masonry company to do some major repairs to my chimney. I have been sent an estimate already, but when I asked for the contractor's license info (they were referred to me by my carpenter) I was...

I have converted a 3br house into a 5br house and the renovations are finished! It's our first deal, about 3 blocks from a decent size college.I have 5 guys interested in renting by the room for $550/month.Electric, W...

The city has mandated that all homes be on city sewer, I have an investment property (SFH) that I'm attempting to transfer to city sewer... however, the plumber will have to be on my neighbors' yard by less than 2 fee...

There has been a growing trend recently of individuals looking to house hack single-family homes. While the traditional approach involves buying a multi family property, living in one unit and renting out the other - ...

A peer told me their rental story nightmare. They had a tenant move in and he paid on time every month for the first few months. Then he missed a payment and when confronted he said "If you evict me, I'm going to tras...

Our city council is trying to register all landlords and have out of state landlords appoint a local agent who will take service from them for codes violations, grant access, fix any problems etc.

The excuse they use...

Hi,  I hired a contractor for my basement remodeling.he worked 2 and half days, after that he didn't appear for the last two week.whenever I call him, he says he will come tomorrow, and tomorrow I don't see him.My con...

Listmates,I have been doing STRs for a few years now , here and there in LA, Joshua Tree, and some of the mountain communities.I own an MTR in Los Angeles. Its not in the greatest area, it is north east los angeles, b...

Ran across an interesting short sale today. Listing agent had uploaded some relatively strict offer instructions and among those was

1. No LLC's or Assigns

I hadn't seen that before, so I call up the listing agent. ...

I have a multi-level building in SF with multiple units. It has a lower level two-car garage with a single-car driveway. The two bottom units pay for and have access to the garage in order to park. I did not give the ...