So, as I suspected (but hoped I was wrong on), the kitchen/hallway/bathroom/laundry in my new buy and hold property have linoleum on 1/4" plywood underlayment, underneath which is another layer of linoleum, underneath...

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...

A recent forum discussion talked about how an investor's scope of work said to include "EVERYTHING" in their proposal to 'gut the property, buy materials and rehab per plan.' Long story short, the contractor did not ...

Anyone have experience with meth remediation? How big was the house, and how much did it cost? The companies I talked to say they can do it for $4-$5k (1100 sq ft), but I'm skeptical. I read one article that said $26k...

I evicted a tenant last week and he left behind essentially an entire house of furniture and other stuff including two refrigerators full of food that I'm now paying to keep cold since I have taken over electricity. I...

So I'm doing a large 6000 piece yellow letter mailer.  I worked all day in my hot, stuffy office on my only day off (today) and printed 3000 of the 6000 mailers.  They looked fantastic!  Very productive, but exhaustiv...

Hi,During an inspection, I found that a tenant put padlocks on all rooms with doors without permission. He said that it is his right to have locks if contractors, etc enter his unit. Additionally, he will not provide ...

Hey BP,It seems like I've chaffed about 20 questions today alone, but here's the most recent.I have a flip that I'm rehabbing and I keep scratching my head when I look at this PINK bathroom.  The whole theme is pink t...

My partner and I purchased a 6 unit complex in Shreveport, La. roughly 8 months ago. The property is in a less than attractive neighborhood however Shreveport is very block by block and sometimes home by home. After o...

I just closed an occupied REO SFH in California last week. I drove by the house but it seemed no one lived there. From the windows, I saw there was a big mess inside the house: very dirty carpet; old and dirty furnitu...