Ali Clark
Refinancing an Owner Financed 8 Unit property
Hi all,I’ll save you the details of why the property I am looking at works and get to the point. This is my first post so forgive me if I am not following the usual conventions or standards but I think I woke up with ...
William Segal
House (condo) Hacking - Alexandria, VA
Hi All, I wanted to gauge some interest / feedback on here before I go forth with a potential off-market deal that I have before me. Long in short, I have the opportunity to buy a 940 sqft 2br 2ba condo in Alexandria,...
Brad Gross
Moving from AZ, want to keep home as 1st LTR
Hello! My wife and I bought our first home in San Tan Valley in Oct 2021 and are likely going to be moving this fall. We will be moving to Kentucky, too far away for me to manage the rental. I have no clue where to st...
Brad Fallon
Capital Expenditures/Maintenance in Baltimore
Hello BP,
I'm in the process of assessing deals in southeast Baltimore (Butchers Hill, Upper Fells, Highlandtown, etc) and can't seem to make any of my numbers work. My variable expenses (CapEx, maintenance, vacancy...
Ping W.
Should the security deposit cover pet deposit?
I am trying to understand why we need to collect pet deposit. If the pet made any damage, we can deduct it from security deposit, right? It makes more sense to me to collect non refundable pet fee or pet rent, but I a...
James H.
Electric retrofit and sheetrock
I am looking at a house that has knob and tube wiring. To replace the wiring it is much cheaper if I demo the sheetrock myself. When you demo sheetrock, do you try to save baseboard, window and door trim, or do you ju...
Marc V.
How to develop a lot. Need note paid, demo, subdivide, build.
Greetings. My first post here. I have a building on a 12k sqf lot. Three former city lots were combined and someone build their dream house on it.I would like to demo the house, re-subdivide and build three or more u...
Allison Park
Standard for handling appraisals lower than contracted sales price
Hello, I am selling a property and it has appraised lower than the contacted price by $9,000. In this case the buyer is asking for the seller to concede the difference between the sales price and the appraisal price....
Kevin Janssen
Tenants who have dogs
I'm going to be leasing the unit of a duplex I am currently living in as I just bought a 4-plex i'll be moving into. My Duplex has a nicely fenced in backyard and my girlfriend asked if i'd consider leasing to someon...
Tim Porsche
Contractor Only Replace Half of Roof - Options?
Hi All,I have a bit of a situation here and would greatly appreciate any advice on how to proceed. I purchased a rental property back in Spring of this year and decided to replace the roof on it because it's quite obv...