First of all, I didn't start this thread to attack the professional tradesmen, but sometimes it gets to a point where even if you want to pay someone for a job, you end up DIYing the last 10% (or 25 or 50) of the work...

Property is 1,148sqft, 3bed, 2bath, family/living room, kitchen/laundry.Work that i would like to do:- brand new kitchen- 2 brand new baths- all cosmetics brand new- some if not all windows need to be replaced- conver...

I usually carry a Leatherman Juice in my bag and up until recently a Victorinox One-Handed Forester in my jean pocket. Well, I was stupid enough to take the knife to the airport and had to ditch it, so I got a Victori...

I’m sure we’ve all seen many videos of ceilings collapsing, pipes bursting, and flooded floors coming out of Texas. Considering the uncertainty with the power grid, climate change, and likelihood or unlikelihood of t...

Hello folks - I purchased my house in Aug 2018 in NJ. It is a single family two story home with a basement. The house was constructed in 2000. It has a sloping backyard elevation coming to the back of the house. The p...

Hey everyone! I am about to close on my first single-family rental property soon, just two months after first dipping my toe into real estate research. It's in a regular B-grade type of area, and projects to have dece...

We rented our home out to a family on Section 8. It was our first rental and we made errors did not do our due diligence. We discovered several violations against their lease agreement early on but faced the challenge...

I was cleaning out the basement of one of our rentals...
I saw something stuck in a corner behind a bolted on rack of shelves. I couldn't quite get to it and had to unbolt the whole unit from the wall. Worth it.
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Everything has gone wrong all at once. I have 13 doors- which you would think would be able to handle about any issues that popped up, but the issues have happened too fast. I had insurance require roofs to be done- s...

I closed escrow on the sale of my very first flip back in January. Craziness of life got in the way and I never got around to posting about it here. However, I figured it was time. I SERIOUSLY credit BP for some of th...