Kay March
Tenants taking care of repairs. Should I worry?
My new tenants seem to want to take care of repairs themselves. They are a couple in their seventies, so I see their obvious aversion to having the landlord coming around to take care of things as evidence of their de...
Edward Kuk
Non legal garden unit chicago
Hi everyone,Hope you all are having an amazing weekend. My wife and I saw a multi unit that we really liked today. Biggest problem is that the basement unit is not legal. I did some research and think it’s pretty clos...
Stephen Joyner
contrator, handyman, or do it yourself when it come to electrical work.
First if its your property do what ever the law will allow you to do without a contractors license. With that being said I am a contractor an electrical contractor to be exact. For those that don't know the majority o...
Ashley Zhang
how to deal with a tenant who is hoarder
I found this potential good deal, it is a multi-family at good location and good price. however when I asked the owner why did he decide to sell it since he is a investor himself, he told me because one of the three ...
Marci Stein
Who pays for new kitchen floor?
So I have this house 4 years and put in new roof last year . Tenants are inherited- been there 10 years . In a poor area . I’m lucky to have good tenants - they pay rent on time always . Never raised their rent beca...
Nick Smith
Cats.... so many cats!
I'm wrapping up a deal on a 2 bed, 1 bath house for $55,000 in the Midwest. The rent will be bumped up to $700 a month. After accounting for the mortgage, insurance, taxes, cap-ex, vacancy, and property management (bu...
Jaime Penix
Investing in homes with chinese dry wall? Any experience with this?
I use to see homes listed with CDW but the walls were still up. Now I see a lot of the homes with CDW have been gutted, usually sparing the wiring and tubs. The prices are discounted but not as much as I think they sh...
Tyler Brown
Does anyone rent out units less-than-legally?
So this is half pointless rant, half looking for suggestions.My mother-in-law moved in with my wife and I, and we'd like to rent out her house; she has a large house in New York. Unlike most of the country, her locali...
Mark Bertoni
Knob and Tube Wiring Issue- Who Pays Buyer or Seller?
New to bigger pockets! I'm currently under contract to purchase a brownstone building in Jersey City, New Jersey. I just had the inspection and the inspector said the building has knob and tube wiring. Apparently it's...
Christopher Lawrence
Comfort cat. Fair housing law question.
Hello,I was wondering if any of you have had a situation like this arise. I own a college rental property with 6 students renting for a yearly lease. They came to us as a group of 6 and signed the lease without ever d...