Brenda Norris
Giving entry notice
How much time do you legally have to give a tenant to enter the property ? I have scheduled maintenance due and have offered to come in the evening this week with no response as to a particular day that works. I want ...
Steve Borawski
Tenant of rooming house destructive and violent, next steps
Very Early Morning All,
So here's the situation (In Ohio). I have a tenant that is thrashing and screaming in her room. As you can imagine this is scaring the other roommates. She does periodically come out and destr...
Adam Halsey
To paint or not to paint, that is the question.
We are preparing our house for future tenets and we began to wonder about paint. Our house is currently painted with colors that we chose based on our personal preferences. While we, and many others that have seen our...
Casey Culver
Hypothetical Nightmare Situation
Alrighty everybody, I’ve purchased my 4th property at foreclosure auction and I’ve run into the dreaded situation…the occupant won’t leave.I posted my 7 day notice to vacate (alabama), and I’m going to file a complain...
Art Maydan
Income Too High For 5% Down?
I’ve been having a hard time getting an offer accepted on a multi-unit using FHA financing, so I decided to switch to conventional 5% down. My lender told me: “In Cook County your combined income (you, your wife and r...
Adam Craig
Help me pick an exterior paint color for this flip.
This house needs scraped and painted. I was originally thinking about leaving it white maybe with some black accents and a red door. I would love to get some more opinions.Landscaping will follow...
Jesse Elledge
Owner foreclosing on tenants without them being aware..
Basically, the owner of the house I live in foreclosed. He did so without telling me or the other tenant of the house. He is now taking $4,700 to vacate the property. The government will pay the owner to leave on be...
Ashley D Moore
Equity advice from selling house
Hello I recently sold my house and got back $70,000 in equity. I found a cute little house for $87,000 I'm going to get a loan on for 15 years with a down payment of 17,000. I will live there a year then rent out.
Th...
Bienes Raices
Pink room in rental
The house I just bought is painted the normal off-white in most of the house, but the smaller bedroom is pink. Should I paint it to match the rest of the house before showing it to renters, or just leave it alone? tha...
Pedro Bartolomei
Fireplaces in rentals
we just bought a house to brrr which has a nice fireplace . we are considering closing it up to keep the future tenant from burning the house down . Does closing it up lower the appraisal when we go to refi ? any inp...