We are about to start on our first renovation of a rental apartment. We are replacing bath & tub, refacing kitchen cabinets and vanity, and putting in all new countertops, sinks and faucets. Finally we are repl...

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Hello! I just had an inspection done on a 2 unit home yesterday. During the walkthrough we noticed some issues with two of the staircases (pictured below). When you push on the red circle, there is noticeable movement...

Recently purchased a 4 unit quadplex with 2 units downstairs and 2 units upstairs, and currently renovating one of my downstairs units. Upon ripping out the ceiling drywall we noticed that the ceiling had 2 layers of ...

I feel I should preface this by saying that the tenants were ones I inherited for only two months.  The first time I went to a showing on the property I noticed that there were appox. 10-15 piles of dogs poop on the 2...

So looked at a short sale property today.  I'm looking to buy and hold.  This property is listed at $90k and median rents in area are $1350 and takes are ~$3700.There are some issues with this house and am going to ge...

I'm looking at contracting a property to wholesale. the property has a horrible pet odor in it and theres no flooring anywhere. I planned on pulling out the old paneling and replacing with rock. How do you clean the ...

So I understand that we typically make our profit when we purchase the property.  However, we obviously renovate the property to make it more attractive, thus, more potential buyers.  I have been researching which ren...

SO I received a call tonight from my tenants and they said that their kids were playing in their room and all of sudden the window gets shot by a bb gun. When the tenants confronted the neighbor about it he denied it ...

What do you do with your rental properties when the roof, AC, and other major component start failing on a long term 30 year loan, buy and hold real estate investing. I'm looking for exit strategy advice on this scena...