All Forum Posts by: Rich Nordstrom
Rich Nordstrom has started 7 posts and replied 37 times.
Post: How do you become a millionaire?

Rich NordstromPosted
- Galva, IL
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@Pat L.
Lol o just ran over to his website that was posted on April 1 it’s a joke...
Post: Best carpet for a rental property

Rich NordstromPosted
- Galva, IL
- Posts 37
- Votes 26
@Jennifer Darby
I’ve got to disagree with everyone although I do love LVT, I’ve got many apartments with a nice multi tone Berber down for well over 15 years
And still looks very nice. Was fairly inexpensive
And offers some noise control. The jury is still out on a lot of LVT, I’ve installed some in kitchens and bathrooms and a year or two later the product shrank a good 1/16-1/8” on all butt joints. Just my two cents
Post: Billing for minor damage to flooring

Rich NordstromPosted
- Galva, IL
- Posts 37
- Votes 26
@Scott Mac
Yupper I’m a flooring store owner and that is exactly what I use... a nice furniture repair kit and 30 minuets problem gone
Post: I need advice on our rental portfolio! Please help!

Rich NordstromPosted
- Galva, IL
- Posts 37
- Votes 26
@Mark Fries
Agreed mark if I had to hire management and on top of that everything else hired out I would be upside down as well... I’ve always been impressed with the folks who can buy a property in another state and make it all work
My hats off to the ones that successfully pull that off.
Post: $15/Hour Illinois minimum wage

Rich NordstromPosted
- Galva, IL
- Posts 37
- Votes 26
@Anthony Wick
So you said if not for minimum wage businesses would pay employees $2.00 per hour... then go on to say that some businesses are paying $11.00 per hour so what you’re really saying is that it could be a supply and demand thing?
And that’s the way it should be I’m against any minimum wage, let the market determine the wage it usually does a pretty good job.
Post: Hard wood flooring or carpet for rentals

Rich NordstromPosted
- Galva, IL
- Posts 37
- Votes 26
@Ned J.
Something to keep in mind is ceramic is also
Very time consuming and expensive to remove
Post: I think shower inserts instead of tile are fine, change my mind

Rich NordstromPosted
- Galva, IL
- Posts 37
- Votes 26
@Mindy Jensen
I’m doing a bathroom remodel now kept the tub
It’s a porcelain tub will clean up great and doing a 6” tile new cement board new plumbing and no worries for 20 years or more. If I did a insert
I would have to do it two times at least I’ll bet.
Post: countertop paint for rental

Rich NordstromPosted
- Galva, IL
- Posts 37
- Votes 26
@David K.
I agree I tried the big box stuff didn’t like it at all.
I like a nice laminate just fine I do it myself and cost less then the paint on stuff.
@Christopher Lane
Mark Twain says it best... the two most important days of your life, the day you are born and the day you find out why.
And my favorite
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
Post: Tenant slips on ice goes to ER...

Rich NordstromPosted
- Galva, IL
- Posts 37
- Votes 26
A tenant fell on a very small patch of ice 2’x2’ in a parking lot fractured shoulder went to er.
We had gotten 1 inch of snow that mostly all melted only stuck to the grass no need to shovel or salt ( so I thought) and this guy slips hard and gets injured ugh.. there’s nothing at all I could’ve done. Obviously I have insurance but still frustrating.