To all fellow landlords, just wondering if you ever had a prospective tenant who asked if the master's bedroom could be painted to a different color or have the doors re-painted. How do you handle such requests when s...

I have gotten lazy lately when it comes to getting bids for work.  I have been just calling my usual guys and telling them to do the job, then I get the bill and resulting sticker-shock.  This is for a 1,200 SF ranch ...

I am planning to buy townhouse as investment property which was built before 1978. As I understand I have do a led inspection and pass the inspection before I rent it out. My agent told me that I should paint the hous...

Hey guys, so I'm in the process of closing on a SFH on May 12. I'm going to do some house hacking while I rent out the second bedroom to a friend of mine. The long term plan is to eventually rent the entire unit out. ...

Would you buy a property that has no lead certs on file that is near the top of your budget, so there's no room to get the property de-leaded?How big of deal is it to you if the property has not been de-leaded? Specif...

Hello BP,I was at my rental house this morning making a repair.  The house smells so strongly of cigarettes that I still smell like an ash tray after spending less than 30 minutes inside.  The tenant is fully aware th...

OK, another renovation question.  House is a 1970's vintage that looks like it is stuck in the 1970s . . . and one feature we are trying to figure out what do do with is textured wallpaper.  We have addressed regular ...

I'm looking at a house right now where I could probably clear 50k if it weren't for the possibility of lead based paint. So how much does that take to fix so I can figure it into my calcs? What does the process involv...

Just purchased my first investment property!
Starting to do some work around the place, first order of business was to remove this built in shelf unit, then removal of the baseboard that were in poor shape. To my sur...

Hi BP, I plan too buy houses in Philadelphia. But I'm not sure how to go about the lead paint laws. I've read the laws and will call them for clarification, but I thought I'd ask BP on this topic. Here are some of the...