We bought a home on the Oregon Coast that was an active STR.  It hadn't had any updates in a long time, we are going through and picking them off one by one.  We've swapped out the old 40 gallon hot water tank (for a ...

I hate tan paint as much as you hate white paint.
Tan and beige look cheap and dirty after a while.

Do you buy tan and beige colored cars too?

Have you noticed how PC makers no longer make the beige computers you s...

Here's my situation:

I own a duplex that is about 100 years old and my tenants pay for all of the utilities EXCEPT for city water (which comes out of my pocket each quarter).

Both of these rental units ...

Hi All - So I have two rental houses in Houston. My property manager called yesterday and told me that two of my houses were under water. One had about 18" of water in it and the other had 48" in it. My insurance agen...

I read a number of blogs and heard a bunch of podcasts that mentioned the idea of beginners bringing value to people who are already in the field. The idea is that people's time and experience is not free and it i...

this was my second time updating a home for another investor. since i have been doing it for awhile the investor asked me to update it the same way i update our houses, same materials, colors, tiles, etc.the caabinets...

I am closing on and moving into my second property today! I have a lot of ideas of what I would like to do to add value, but not sure where the best place is to start.  I am experienced with renovation and I am planni...

I'm interested to see what some other, more experienced REI say about this concept.I have always been a DIY guy. I built my own house - literally, built my own house, contracting out just a few parts of the job - and ...

Hi all.

I am buying another home soon and it has lots of wallpaper in it. It is on almost every wall in the house. The home was built in 1910 and is 4500 sf feet. The good thing is that the 1700 sf basement is unfini...

So I have some of my properties that already come with the fridge so I leave them. I have one property I just finished rehabing that’s basically a $2000 a month rental. I did not put a fridge in it, but my Property Ma...