Jalpan Jangiani
Qualifying for FHA for MultiFamily unit
Hello Fellow House Hackers,This is a follow up post to my previous one. I got a really good response from all of you, which motivated me to proceed to the next step.So I reached out to my lender regarding my interest ...
Brian Greenway
GC terminates contract early and leaves unfinished jobs
GC is about to walk out on me. We are in the middle of a remodel. We have a contract. I haven't payed anything upfront so it is not a money issue, more the fact that there are half done jobs left behind and another gc...
Josh L.
Permit Process for converting 2 bedroom into 3 bedroom
What's the permit process like for converting a 2 bedroom into a 3 bedroom? How long does it take and how expensive is the process?I've got this 2 bedroom town home with 2.5 baths with this loft space that's kind of u...
Brittney Donathan
Disaster With First Investment Property
Hi everyone, So my husband and I just bought our first buy and hold rental. Everything was going great. We waited to get good tenants (about a month of going through applications) and the tenants we chose just moved i...
Emy Bernardo
City of San Diego is proposing a new No Fault Eviction Moratorium
Here we go again folks! Landlords and property owners cannot catch a break here in California and San Diego. https://caanet.org/votervoice/The City of San Diego will consider a “no-fault” eviction moratorium on Ap...
Christian Allen
Contractor failed inspection wants to charge more
I hired an electrician to install a complete hardwired and interconnected smoke detector system in my multifamily property. The fire inspector came out today and did not give a sign off because some of the smoke dete...
Sam Leon
Reimburse tenant for major inconvenience?
I have a major plumbing issue at a SFR rental that involves a complicated solution. Don't want to get into details but it requires coordinated activities with three separate trades, and bottom line is my tenant is no...
Mark Buskuhl
Arson at Rental House
A SFR rental I have was the victim of a small arson fire. Porch was set on fire, burnt some siding, railing and caused a window to shatter. Suspects not identified yet. It is tenant occupied and tenant was home at the...
Breon Smith
wholesaling an unpermitted multi family
Hi BP, I recently walked away from a deal because a seller home was unpermitted to be a multi family ( he also had tenants who were paying $1,150 which they broke their lease ,because of numerous reasons at owners fau...
Artem Rost
Plumber and HVAC contractor in Panama City or PCB, FL
Hi All, I am an investor from Atlanta, GA, and I have a vacation rental in PCB. Recently, I got in a difficult situation when I had a water leak at my place and it had to happen on 4th of July weekend. It was my fault...