How do you determine who is responsible for repairs/maintenance? Obviously if the furnace or AC goes out, or you have leaks coming from the roof or upstairs bathroom, it seems that it would be the landlord's responsib...

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I closed on my first duplex this week and started working on one of the units today. One unit is already rented and the second is vacant. While doing the inspection I was one of the baseboards was dam...

Hey everyone! I have a single family home, built in 2009 new laminate floors installed in 2015. I have some tenants that moved in May of 2016 and the floors were perfectly fine. During the move out inspection the PM n...

I am new to real estate investing, actually completing a year end of this june 2021.  I first came to know of the Term FIRE last year out of the blue after my wife mentioned about alternative income streams. 
one thi...

Hi all,I am looking at a property with fire damage.  The price is awesome and the area is a B class neighborhood, but it has extensive fire damage on the first floor ( it is a 2 family).  No interior access is allowed...

Aloha, I recently purchased a studio in Honolulu, Waikiki. It's a low-rise, walk-up building. Two weeks ago, my tenant noticed that there was water coming down from the door and a bubble on the ceiling. Two weeks lat...

My nightmare began when a recent tenant failed to notify me of water damage. I discovered wet moldy carpet in the basement. Subsequent scoping of the main line (and multitudinous other testing) revealed 17 feet of...

If you use this stuff to clean grout in tile, is it safe to flush the remaining mop water down the house's drains, or will the muriatic acid damage the pipes? I just had the house repiped with PEX. Thanks.

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Our first tenant is moving out early next week and I have had a chance to walk the property and have noted several damages. I have scheduled a contractor come assess how much the repairs would cost but wante...

BP - I live in Houston, TX, and unless you have been living under a rock, you have heard about widespread flooding from Hurricane Harvey.  I personally did not flood, but there are neighborhoods that have been heavily...