My husband and I cleaned the carpets in one of the houses day before yesterday. We couldn't leave the windows open to help air it out due to thunderstorms here. Hubby goes over this afternoon and said the smell hit hi...

Hi Everyone,
I am in the process of buying a property (4 units) that has surface wiring throughout. 2 of the units I would be rehabbing upon purchase which will require drywall over plaster. Since the wiring is on to...

Can anyone help me to identify these black spots? These are located on the backside of the (very) old baseboards on the plaster walls of an older condo. Wife is convinced this is mold, I'm not so sure. This location h...

If I understand correctly, I can set the maximum # of occupants per unit. Can I also include maximum # of adults. For example: Prospective tenants are 2 married adults, they have 2 sons, 21 and 24. One of the sons has...

Hey fellas,
I went to see a duplex today near the very desired to live area of downtown today. This is potentially my first investment.
I wanted to buy it as house hack it. I run the numbers on it and they seem ok i...

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Knoxville.

Purchase price: $102,000

Cash invested: $65,000

Solid concrete-block/stucco SF on 1-1/2 acres in beautiful, quiet area...

As more people reach out to me seeking advice about dipping their toes into the rental real estate investment waters, it occurs to me that most people don't have their SH*T together enough to get started. They don't ...

**This is a re-post.  Something happened to my previous post where only 4 of the steps ended up in the version that posted**As more people reach out to me seeking advice about dipping their toes into the rental real e...

In short, I have a tired landlord with 9 units (4 Duplexes & 1 SFH) they want very badly to get rid of. They just want them off their hands. Rents are WAY below market and they have no clue what they are doing. Th...

It's time to re-roof one of our MF buildings and I don't have any experience dealing with flat roofs with torch-on membranes.  The surface of the roof is ~5500 ft sq, and the building is in a cold climate (nice summer...