All Forum Posts by: Genny Li

They make vinyl tiles for the wall. The word you want is shiplap. It isn't actually anything like a REAL shiplap wall, but that's what they are called. 

You can use extra adhesive and try out flooring for backsplash applications. Just know that it will soon go the way of the Tuscan kitchen. But if you are selling now, it should still sell. 

Granite is also not really in right now. Quartz, marble, and quartzite are. For ROI, I would go marble look laminate before shelling out for granite. I'm not even putting granite in my B rental.

My tenants told me the shower was broken because they couldn't figure out how to use it. (inner crystal knob turns off and on, outer lever knob is just temp). I just call and talk them through. Like tech support. 

Loool. I had a tenant text me this month to ask how much rent was again. I'm running a nursery....

Do they do sun shade screens there and will the townhouse HOA allow it? That would kill solar heat gain from windows.

But if you haven't switched the vents for summer, yeah, that's normal. 

The last renters in my condo weren't bright and had the vents set all wrong. 

Just as an FYI, febreze works great for a slightly fishy fridge. :D Hit it hard with aerosol while it's running. 

 I'm making the boys send me a picture of the filter when they replace it because I can do that with the college kids! Lol. 

I haven't lived in or owned a house with a forced air combustion furnace since I was a teenager, so I was thinking specifically of hydronic boiler, geothermal, and heat pump check ups. I can toss bleach in my geothermal condensate drain area when I switch out the filter. I can change the filter on the oil-fired boiler, and I can check the pressure and so on, look at the flame, look at the gas flue, etc.

I will acknowledge that I haven't looked into the matter for forced air combustion closely, though! And the risks of CO poisoning are quite a bit higher with those!

Likely because of property crime. Rich neighborhood attract people who pick through trash but will sometimes also (depending on the person, not all pickers are like this) pick through your garage that you left open for 10 minutes.  My parents' neighborhood isn't that nice, but it has a lot of people who are really active in cleaning out, upgrading, maintaining homes, and picker cruisers go by multiple times per day.  They put out bulky trash on a stormwater inlet and I call it the "magic go-away spot" because almost everything that isn't completely unfixable disappears from there within a day, whether it's the furniture flippers or the metal scrappers who get it.

If they don't distinguish between the crimes, they aren't much use. 

I would buy a duplex to four-plex, whatever my credit would allow me to get, and live in one and rent the others.  If it was crappy, I'd fix up the one I was living in, then as soon as another was vacant, I'd move into that one, wash and repeat.

In Texas, most cities have lax rules and let each neighborhood decide what's best for themselves.

They are...MULTIFAMILY, which means they are separate units. The restrictions apply to each unit. You cannot subdivide your lot or turn a SFH into a MFH without zoning permission. Often you can have an ADU without a problem, especially if it lacks a full kitchen, but as soon as you rent it to 2 different people, you're back in hot water. ADUs are good for whatever home you're planning to live in.