@Bill Labrecque  and I are closing on a SFR flip towards the end of June and are in the process now of fine tuning our rehab budget for the project.The outside of the house itself and the landscaping is actually very...

Guess I need to add a trampoline clause to my rental agreements. Our tenant setup a trampoline, without my knowledge. My guess is that it is a used trampoline, because it has no net or spring cover. Well, it just so h...

One of the things i'm most concerned about with being a REI is when I will need a contractor to help me with rehad, refinishes, etc. I know for a fact I'm not going to be efficient at rehabbing a house myself. For one...

I have an owner-occupied duplex (100 yr old structure). Great tenants *knocks on wood*. I am stretched past capacity as a full-time working single mom to a young child. If I had one less major responsibility, I'd be f...

[Advice needed]
Tenant has made multiple trivial maintenance requests and are forcing the maintenance request to be done via rent escrow in the court, we have fixed some, and some of the others, we are in the midst o...

Hello BP DIY-ers,My husband and I purchased our first home! I had this crazy idea to tackle flooring on my own. This is the beginning of DIY Floors. My plan is to install Vinyl Plank that clicks and locks. The upstair...

I've been reading posts here on BP for the past few hours where a lot of our members are defending both sides of two very classic RE investor battles:

1.) Good neighborhood or bad? (Low cash flow + hopeful appreciat...

Hi!I live in Maryland and have family that may be installing a sump pump/interior drain system in their unfinished cinder block foundation basement.  The house was built in 1968.  I know nothing about this trade of co...

Hello all, I am a newbie investor- bought my 1st out of state rental . The property is a 3bed 1.5 bath- needs new LVP flooring in kitchen/living room/hallway/bathroom and basement . Bedrooms have hardwood- which need ...

I sent some schematics to one of our contractors this evening requesting some proposals for a deck for our primary residence. The deck will be just under 800 square feet. Here are some brief notes:

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