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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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Apartments should be in your retirement portfolio. Get 8 to 12 percent return.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...