Hey guys! My husband and I are prepping our 8th STR. We have been hosting for almost 2 yrs and love it. When we started we had a small budget and couldn't go all out with the fancy amenities. We have made lots of upda...

An Alabama client of mine had this experience, but I think it is relevant nationwide. He had smoke detectors in all rental houses. It was the tenant's responsibility to test the batteries periodically and replace them...

Hello hello.  I was just inside one of my units fixing some plumbing, and I noticed they had taken down 3 smoke alarms and the only carbon monoxide alarm.  Only two of the original 5 smoke alarms were still up (though...

Hello everyone-- I am noticing a trend emerging in background checks, and I would love to get your opinion. We have started pre-screening people before a showing using an app called "Forewarn". This app finds and comb...

There is nothing like preventive maintenance!  Its natural human instinct to take better care of things we own, and less care of things we don't own.  Like a rental property.   I think its a good idea to contact your ...

Hi All! This is my first post. My husband and I closed on our first rental property, a two-family, earlier this month and are prepping it to rent out. I am looking for advice on what system to use for the locks. I saw...

I invest in the mid-west (Indiana) but dont live in the region.  Nearly every home I purchase or look at (SFHs in C class areas) have ungrounded outlets.  So far we been paying to run a ground wire on the units but no...

I'm in escrow on a property in Maui that we'll be using as a vacation rental.  We were originally planning on going with a property manager at 20% just because of the ease.  The more and more I think about it however,...

Looking for recommendations on keyless entry to our STR that won't have wifi. I've read dozens of threads here about keyless entry and it seems 99% of locks used require wifi. Kind of bummed because I had one picked o...

Do adding Solar Panels to a home impact the value? Is it a different answer between impact to “appraised value” vs “value buyers are willing to pay”?You can very accurately calculate how many dollars solar panels save...