So I just had a an electrician visit my property cause one of my outlets tripped. This is in my house hack in Newark. This is the first time this one outlet tripped, because I am plugin g my microwave in there since t...

The IRS discusses vacation home maintenance days.  They use examples where a family performs maintenance on a home for a week and the week is not considered personal use (it is additional to the 14 days of personal us...

I am rehabbing this 1st property.  Part of closing negotiations was that they replace the breaker box.  They hired a professional electrician who installed a 125 amp breaker box.  It looks like they did a very good jo...

I have a property that I have gutted and will be updating electrical and wanted to know if I should go with the cheaper option of baseboard heat or stay with a gas furnace. The property is not in the most desirable lo...

I am in the process of purchasing a duplex rental that is currently covered with paneling in every room.  Is it more advisable to remove the paneling, paint it or skim coat it with drywall compound?  The paneling has ...

This bad handyman is accidentally looking to get promoted to just a regular handyman. Ive never been afraid to roll up  my sleeves, but I generally know what I don't know and hire out the more advanced or specialize...

We're getting ready to open our first STR that is a cabin in the mountains by the river.  It has a hot tub on site, but it's currently drained.  It sits on a little patio in the yard, not under a roof.  This time of y...

I have had my water heater in my house since it was built in the late 90s and am looking to replace it in the next couple of months before it decides to fail on its own. I currently have a tank, but I'm looking to go ...

Hi All,Johnathan from Texas here. Starting a new post that I hope would gain some traction here as I haven't seen anything posted on the topic in a while (unless I overlooked).After doing some research, it seems that ...

I bought this house last month, and my local partner (working as a project manager) and I (I am an out of state investor) have been working on to rehab it for about three weeks.

We were very close to completing the...