All Forum Posts by: Jennifer Wong

This was only for interior. I had him quote for the exterior, but most of the exterior is the responsibility of the HOA which costs me $450/mo, so I want my money's worth. However, the HOA paints only when they deem needed. I will end up painting the French door exteriors myself. The painter had showed my trade-craft using "Liquid Mask", so hoping it will be relatively easy.

I have a 3 bedroom, 2 bath unit built in 1975 about 1200 sq feet and just finished remodeling the 2 baths. I had the entire unit painted Whisper White from Sherwin Williams from baseboard to ceiling.  The labor for the painting was $5150.  The windows are original aluminum and the sills were cracked and paint peeling. They were able to repair, caulk and now look great. The French doors were painted, so this was also labor-intensive. I am voting you consider hiring a professional.  Although I will not be moving in, this professional paint job has added value to my rental.

I guess the real question is, "would it be easier to evict a MTM tenant or 1-year lease tenant" or would it be the same?  My cousin's POV was MTM would be 3-day notice to pay/quit as opposed to chasing after 1-year lessor for defaulting.

MTM tenant would not need to worry about rental increase as it is regulated on annual basis in California capped at 10%.

Just completed demo of fiberglass shower and tub/shower and replaced with hot mop/tiling for the shower and cast iron/porcelain tub with tiled surround.  Shower was $10,500 and tub and tiling about $9,000, so your quote of $11-17K is not out of the reason.  Finding good subcontractors is tough and tile setters are highly-paid artisans.  The alternative would be to find someone unlicensed/unbonded whish would be cheaper, but would be a gamble.

Bought my first property: end unit condo class A and looking for first tenant.  My cousin who has 3 rental properties manages his own units and has all rental agreements on month to month and has all long-term tenants. His reasoning: easier eviction should tenant default.  Knowing the rental increase in California is regulated, I am not intending on raising the rent for at least a year if at all.  Does is make sense to structure rental agreement as MTM or 1-year lease??