All Forum Posts by: Michael S.

tile will last forever, a few may crack, but did you ever watch post Katrina footage. the homes that were washed away, and or blown away depending on who you talk to, all that was left were tiled floors

personally i would leave all that stuff up to the phone/cable provider. do you want calls coming in asking for"HBO", or "why aint Jerry Springer on!"

last year i spent 4 weeks in hospital and any kind of communication was great...a phone call is always good, especially if too far. some people called me every couple of days, oh and if you decide to visit him ask him does he want you to pick up something for him he cant get in hosp.

rich
my tenants are middle to low income in Camden NJ which was "Most dangerous city in America" two years in a row. i don't get $2000 a month like Bill, my tenants pay $900-$950 i get high end appliances off craigslist from $50-$100 dollars and they like it and they tend to stay longer IMO. i just feel lowest price per foot is a factor of course, but quality is important too

yes bill can be a trouble maker, so please don't put me in that group of people

and what i was saying before is "i wouldn't paint my floors in my house, and i wouldn't do it in a rental

first- see if they will sign a new 1 year lease if not, what bill said, and as long as everybody is in agreement

Originally posted by Marc Freislinger:

Originally posted by Michael S.:

i've sold and shown many homes and never heard anyone say "could you show me a house with painted floors" i don't even think i seen it done on tv...i guess it's a midwest thing!

Haven't you heard? These are all the rage now in Europe! :mrgreen:

OH YEA the paint with the primer built in!

Originally posted by rich23s:

why wouldn't you ever do it? You don't like making money? :lol:

i would never do something to a rental that i wouldn't do to my home....if my wife were to put me out(again) i would have no problem living in one.....

Originally posted by Bill Patterson:

Painted floors.....I hate to think of the tenants that that would attract! When I was involved with student rentals, I gave them a nice place and 90% of them left it so. The other 10% helped feed my maintenance people and suppliers!
Bill

i've sold and shown many homes and never heard anyone say "could you show me a house with painted floors" i don't even think i seen it done on tv...i guess it's a midwest thing!

Originally posted by Mike M:

I don't like wood floors because of urine, both human and animal, soak into the wood and is a pain to fix.

urine is not going to penetrate 2 coats of poly, it will go through carpet into sub floor then you got problems

Originally posted by rich23s:

painted hardwood floors are the best for low to middle income areas. Costs me $0.06/sq foot in between renters.

the problem with paint i heard(because i would never do it) is that it starts to chip and the friction from the wood moving causes the paint to dust, and i don't want to imagine kids or babies crawling on paint dust. i've always rented a sander from home depot, and a can of polyurethane and it looks great after a couple of coats.