David Floyd
Resilient property hacks
Looking for ideas on how to make rentals easy to maintain and resilient to tenant abuse. Here are mine:Texture walls and paint with semi-gloss ( I standardize on two colors) to make it easy to clean and touch up.Use ...
Bill Gulley
Sandy Hook
I'm a gun owner and I own "that" rifle and "those" magazines, but the Sandy Hook incident has changed my mind. It's not just guns, but guns are part of the picture and such needs to be addressed. I had teachers that h...
Thor Sveinbjoernsson
You have 6 months to liquidate your assets
I’ve been doing a lot of research lately and I wanted to share with you guys what I have found about the correlation between unemployment, delinquencies and housing prices. During the 2008 housing crisis the housing ...
Robert Lindsley
Tenant with two pitbulls
Hi there,I have a tenant with two pitbulls. The tenant was in the building when I bought it (I've owned the building for 2 months) and he claims to have an insurance policy covering them.My insurance company is sayin...
Benjamin Lenno
Installing tenants washer an dryer they bought
My tenants bought a washer an dryer an asked me to help them install the washer drain an dryer vent. I went over this morning it took maybe 2 hours including a trip up to handyman. It cost me about $12 bucks in materi...
Max T.
Damage caused by all-star tenant
Top floor tenant in an up/down duplex clogs kitchen drain. 200 to clear the drain and 700 to repair the ceiling of the unit below. Tenant has been there 6ish years. Lived through many repairs/upgrades. Roof replacemen...
Norma Cole
Speaking to sellers
How do you know what to say to the seller when you get the first call? Anyone have any tips on how to be prepared for this?Thanks
Jeff P
Problems with Contractor?
I started investing in real estate in 2007 and since then I've had a terrible experience with a contractor and have talked to a lot of people who've had the same experience. I went to the home improvement commission a...
Account Closed
The $30k rental club.......
Im sure many of us have read all the warnings and reviews of buying low price properties, and the problems typically associated with them, but all that considered, it is what first attracts a lot of people , indeed th...
Tom Valichka
My renters - Lying or telling the Truth??
Hey BP, I am curious if anyone else has ran into a situation like the one i encountered recently with my renters in a single family home i have near Atlanta. Of course, when i go out of time i get a frantic call from ...