All Forum Posts by: Starla Bernhardt

In my neck of the woods, RV living is a way of life. We live in an oil boom area. Small RV parks spring up overnight and stay full. The towns they are in have no apartments nor rent housing. 

I have thought about starting one myself. I've heard startup costs can be about 50k to 60k with a well, septic, and electric hookups. 

Has anyone started one from scratch so to speak and know the costs?

We are Residential Contractors and we are building a brand new construction home on a slab. After our Plumbers put in our sinks in the Master Bathroom one of them would not drain. Our regular Subcontractor Plumber had sent out one of his licensed helpers to set toilets and faucets and was the one who found the problem. He snaked it and found out there was something in the pipe. The helper Plumber thought it was concrete, but couldn't be sure as he had no camera. He called his boss, our main Subcontractor Plumber, on Thursday. Our Subcontractor Plumber finally got back to us this afternoon. He immediately went to blaming the concerere subcontractors. He said he wanted to fix it, but didn't want to get to it right away. He wants us to wait even though he really is in the middle of the job right now. Not only does he want us to wait, but he wanted to put the expense on the concerete subcontractors. Well, at this point, we do not even know what is blocking the sink from draining. Even if it was concerete, he should have made sure all pipes were covered adequately from any concrtete falling into the pipes. However, at this time, we do not even know what is doing the blocking. 

Right now the floor has to be jack hammered out to get to the pipe which of course also ruins our engineered wood floor. 

We have never had this happen before. Who is financially responsible for doing the work and replacing the engineered wood flooring? 

Any thoughts or experiences would be appreciated. Thanks.

I know this is a really old post. But I have a question. We are contractors of a new home. We recently found out a sink would not drain. Whose financinally responsibe to drill into the floor and fix the plumbing? Is it the Plumber who should have sealed up his pipes when conctrete was being poured or the concrete subcontractors who may have allowed the concrete get into the rough in plumbing pipes? 

I'm an Okie too, and new to investing. I've been listening and reading quite a lot. 

We've been doing spec homes, but we are interested in flipping as well as rentals. 

Darrin, you are right about contractors not being able to do much of the work. That's why we just did a spec house with our sons 28 and 19 and have taught them virtually everything from ground up, except of course HVAC, Plumbing, and Electricity. We told them that even if they didn't want to do certain parts of the house, they should know how to do it. This way they know if the subs are doing their jobs properly. 

I'm new to Bigger Pockets and to investing by buying and holding or flipping. We've mainly build custom and spec homes and started back up again after taking some time off to farm our land in the Kingfisher area. However, we hope to invest in homes needing some TLC. Anyway that's my short introduction. 

We were contractors and knew contractors in the Siloam Springs, Bentoville, Bella Vista area not too far from you. 

It was hard at first to know which sub-contractors to hire. But I'd say Word of Mouth and Reputation is key. In small areas you seem to hear more than you want sometimes. Haha. 

You can PM me and I might be able to help you with some information in your area. I'd loved to hear what's going on in your area too as we would love to get back over that way.