Ben Stout
HUD Home/Plumbing doesn't hold pressure
Hello everyone,
I hope I'm posting this in the right forum. I have found a HUD home I'd like to purchase as a rental. It's a great price, great neighborhood, solid numbers (50/2) etc. Here's the problem:
The HUD di...
Scott J.
Inspection: What do you look for to avoid MAJOR losses?
I'm going to a triplex open house this weekend that I am very interested in. It is also my first short sale. This property is 80 years old, so I want to be especially diligent.
When you are checking out a property, w...
Tushar Shah
Newbie from Chicago and looking for likeminded people to network!
Write your postHello BP! My name is Tushar, and I live in Chicago, Downtown. As a brief introduction I work for Ernst and Young under the Transaction Advisory practice and I value businesses for a living. I recently b...
Rick Bassett
Tenants repainting our properties
We have always allowed tenants to repaint the walls as along as they return the paint color back (in a professional manner) to our original colors by move-out time.This policy hasn't worked out too well for us we have...
Kevin Allen
Government forced section 8
Ok, so I live in Louisville, KY. I currently have two sfr’s and was actively looking for my next purchase to pull the trigger on. Louisville Metro (Jefferson County in KY) is now in the works of passing a fairness o...
Ronin Crimmons
Which investment makes more sense?
We can't decide which option is more beneficial.I have $300k to invest in a rental property. I would like to buy a single family home in either East Long Beach (3 bed, 2 bath) or in Rossmoor (Orange County - 3 bed, 2...
Christine Sommer
Adding a Second Bathroom costs?
Hello,
My husband and I have been looking at properties in the Philadelphia area and saw a large difference in the rents of buildings with two bathrooms versus one bathroom. We wanted to see what type of issues or co...
Matthew Tanis
Offering to let tenant out of lease early?
Looking for any insight from experienced landlords.
We have tenant who is consistently complaining of maintenance issues, even once repaired, states that we took too long to address, "don't care about my families hea...
Carrie A.
Keeping track of receipts?
I was wondering if there's a better way to keep your receipts together? Is better to keep them together by month, by vendor, or something else? I want to work smarter, not harder!
Scott Walters
Constant Work Orders After New Tenants Move In
I would like to get some observations on this. I had a new tenant movie in about a month and a half ago. They rented sight unseen. PM's handyman goes through the property inspection checklist in between tenants to inc...