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I am a first time rental property owner, living in one side of a duplex and renting the other. I’m planning to update my half while living there and moving out once the updates are made. The project ...

Hi Folks,

Toying with the idea of painting the rug covered floor in the attic of our new rental in Bethlehem PA. Unit is a twin and the attic was converted to a bedroom years ago. The carpet is trash, so it’s eithe...

I want to install Pergo laminate in the living room and kitchen of a rental but everyone says something different about how to level the different heights of the floors. Do I pay to rip out the vinyl, who would do tha...

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $222,000

Cash invested: $90,000

Sale price: $285,000

B-class duplex in A-class area brought up to A-clas...

Hello all! I've been hoping that someone has a reasonable solution to this problem. The more properties, the more potential problems. Although appreciation is great, it's speculative so I prefer to focus on generati...

Hi All,How much should I charge a tenant who damaged a property in ways that I can probably never repair?  A tenant recently moved out of one of my properties after about 3 years.  They gave 30 days notice, and made a...

Does any know if replacing hardwood flooring is covered in a 1031 improvement Exchange.

Over the years my preference in flooring has changed a lot. I started out with carpet, then moved to refinished hardwoods in older homes, then I started exclusively using Allure Vinyl Planks (glue ones). Now I'm not s...

So I bought my first buy and hold for 5K. Repairs needed.. if I do it cleverly, about 10K.the rent there is 900- 1200 per month.But of course there is also a bad.It is in a not-so-good area and the house needs work. B...