Looking to rehad a property with pretty bad hardwood floors. The home was built in 1900 and the owner has taken up some of the carpet in the living room. Pieces of the padding are stuck to the hardwood and it looks li...

I bought a fixer upper about 2 months ago. They had cats! And carpet. Well after demoing half the sheet rock,and pulling the carpet, most of the smell was gone. Of course there were stains in the hardwoods. After vine...

Experienced landlords: In the process of ordering replacement carpets for a couple of SFH's I'm purchasing to buy and hold. Getting so many conflicting opinions from carpet stores, installers and carpet cleaners on t...

Purchased a property and ditched the deadbeat... you know the one with the 52" flat screen and surround sound that couldn't pay $500 rent? When he moved the TV the drywall collapsed - it was soaking wet from a poor...

Hello Everyone,
I own a short-term rental (STR) in East Downtown Houston and currently live in Austin, TX. I started operating the property in mid-2023. Initially, the business was cash-flow positive for the first th...

Hi Folks, I live in Tucson and have 2 rental properties I own and manage. A friend of mine owns 5 rentals in town and he lives in Payson--about a 3 hour drive so I look over his properties.
Originally the plan was tha...

I recently purchased a property in Wisconsin and when I received all the paperwork I did not receive a damage checklist or condition document from the tenants. Now one of the tenants is leaving and left cigarette burn...

Ever since flip that house became known, I meet lots of people that never thought of investing now getting into it...or at least considering it. I'm not sure how many of them act on it, but still, is it generating mo...

Hoping for input from experienced STR investors.. I'm closing on a property soon that is currently used as a STR. It needs many repairs and improvements to be up to the standard that I'd prefer. (Carpet, paint, furnit...