Alexa K.
Electric Meter Stolen -- Any Experiences? Cost to Replace?
I recently had the electric turned on at my first rental property yesterday. Visited in the early afternoon, flitted around with the lights for a bit, and made sure to turn everything off before I left. Well, I went b...
Michael Marzuco
New Member from Tampa, FL - My Story
Hi BP Community! I'm a new investor in the Tampa, FL area. I actually live in Riverview and have been in the Brandon/ Valrico/ Riverview area since 1999. I graduated from Brandon High School in 1999 after attending ab...
Marian Smith
Retiling the waterline of a swimming pool
Tradesmen are understandably reluctant to share....so I will. The replaster team removed the old tiles while prepping the pool. I assume the tool they used was an air chisel...Youtube has videos. My tile looked lik...
Francis I.
Paying A Store Owner to Post a Bandit Sign on their Premises
Hello everyone, so I am thinking of focusing on phase 2 marketing here in Maryland and I have some bandit signs ready to go. However, I was thinking of paying the owner of a store in a good traffic area, say, $500 per...
Dominique Rogers
Older Homes vs Newer Homes
Hello fellow BP members, I had a question about buying older homes specifically in Ogden or Cache Valley. By older homes meaning, homes built before the 40's. It seems like the price on the them tend to be quite cheap...
Dren Aguado
What would you do in my parents situation?
So my parents are in a very nice 2003 construction 2 story SFH 4bd3bth. They're in a 30 yr $180k 2.75% interest conventional mortgage and are paying about $1400/month. They would like a smaller one floor house so thei...
Zachary McDonough
What 21 Teenagers Taught Me This Week
Hey everyone, I am trying to give regular updates on the market, SoMD happenings, news, and personal updates via weekly email/forum posts. Last week I skipped my weekly email, because my wife and I (along with other y...
June Kim
Huge trash (most recycle) pick up bill for retail tenants
Hello I am trying to find a way to reduce a huge trash bill (mostly recycle) for a ground floor retail condo units I own. 70% of the bill is due to recycles. There are 5 retailers (4 food and 1 clothing). The problem...
Aleemah Spence
Painting rental
The doors in our rental look yellow now that we have repainted the house white. Can the doors be painted or should we just get new doors for the entire house? I've cleaned them and they still look dingy compared to th...
Marita Jojo
Replace all doors in the house ?
I am renovating an old house for rental and one question keeps coming back is whether to replace the old solid wooden doors with the new cardboard doors ? The door knobs of a few needs replacement and as they are not ...