Ross Miller
Tenant didn't notify me about bed bugs
A tenant just notified me that she has bed bugs. I checked the lease and realized that I made a major mistake. I check marked the wrong box stating that the landlord pays for bed bug removal. While meeting a pest cont...
Richard Moreno
adding laundry room to a 3 family in Providence
Hello BP!I have a 3 family in a nice area close to Brown University in Providence RI. Most rentals include laundry in there units or coin operated in basement, and as of now I have not done anything in regards to laun...
Joshua Feasel
[Calc Review] Help me analyze this deal
View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.Hello, I found a off market deal and ran some analysis. House is 990 1 bedroom 1 bath and...
Aaron Norris
Starting at an early age
I started my real estate career young. I was helping the family fix up properties since I can remember. I have a few favorite memories:
Roach House: Too young to do much around the house, as the brothers and Dad pu...
Tara G.
Maintenance costs too high?
I have been renting single family homes. This is my first foray into a multifamily home. I have not spent more that 5% on maintenance on
single family. I do fix most of the minor leaks and repairs on my own.
Is the 1...
Richard Bader
Commercial Building help needed. Please
Hello, Please don’t hammer me to bad for my lack of knowledge for what I am about to do. I have found a building on the main street of a small city population 19,000. The building is connected to another building. It ...
Chandra L.
Mobile home condition
I am contemplating making an offer on a 1995 double-wide mobile home through one of these auction sites but saw two problems that concern me: 1) the back door won't open - it seems to be pretty firmly jammed shut; ...
Cindy Silkett
New Member in Minnesota
Hi, I’m Cindy and I live in Woodbury, MN. My husband and I own 3 properties we lease out (2 single family and 1 commercial bldg.) We also own the home we live in as well. I started as a landlord renting out a 1 bed...
Jerry D.
Economies of Scale? AC work?
Ok I have 9 SFR rentals all in the same area. If you include my home I have 10. I was trying to think of a way to scale my AC issues. I live in Texas and AC is a necessity pretty much all year long. I am trying to fin...
Paul Doherty
House with equity but too large to rent easily - get rid of it?
If you have 100k equity in a house but it's not going to be easy to rent (same number of bedrooms (3) as a smaller house but bigger sf by 1000) do you sell it and acquire a smaller house that's more "rentable" or simp...