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Home Depot house paint sux big time!!
I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my
experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home Depot again!! |
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On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:42:06 -0700, Jim
wrote: I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home Depot again!! I'm also a landlord in the same situation and can't say that I agree. I've used Behr soild color exterior stain on three houses and one garage with excellent results. So far, I've truly gotten 10 years and counting out of their 20 Plus stain. Also, I've used Behr exterior white semi-gloss trim enamel and have found it to be excellent. Even Consumer Reports (ya, I know they are not perfect) has rated Behr highly. What grade of Behr paint did you buy and how/where was it used? I've also had good luck with their America's Best interior medium grade paint (made for them by Glidden/ICI Industries). Also they sell about three grades of Glidden, also well rated. I did have poor luck with one can of Behr interior enamel. It seemed runny and the color was not consistent even after mixing. Doug |
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Home Depot house paint sux big time!!
I like Behr better than Valspar from Lowes. Why bother with high
price S-W paint? On Oct 12, 2:42 am, Jim wrote: I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home Depot again!! |
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On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:42:06 -0700, Jim
wrote: I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home Depot again!! I have had good results with interior Behr. Benjamin Moore for exterior is good. Consumer Reports has the ratings. Brands, use, and color matters. |
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On Oct 12, 5:25 am, Phisherman wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:42:06 -0700, Jim wrote: I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home Depot again!! I have had good results with interior Behr. Benjamin Moore for exterior is good. Consumer Reports has the ratings. Brands, use, and color matters. All brands have a cheap line and a top line, I bet you are buying the cheapest and dont buy what is needed, ex you probably dont know what grade is needed for a single coat from experiance, you guess, and loose. |
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On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:00:45 -0700, ransley
wrote: On Oct 12, 5:25 am, Phisherman wrote: On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:42:06 -0700, Jim wrote: I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home Depot again!! I have had good results with interior Behr. Benjamin Moore for exterior is good. Consumer Reports has the ratings. Brands, use, and color matters. All brands have a cheap line and a top line, I bet you are buying the cheapest and dont buy what is needed, ex you probably dont know what grade is needed for a single coat from experiance, you guess, and loose. No, I agree with Jim: Behr paint is not good, period. We just used the deluxe interior latex for bathrooms and kitchens, and the performance was far worse than the same type of product by Valspar (Lowe's). The Behr didn't cover well, and the color was not good. The Valspar covered almost perfectly in a single coat, and the color is very rich. I'll also never buy Behr, and several of my friends agree, having had the same negative experiences with this product line. |
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Home Depot house paint sux big time!!
9.9 times out of 10 it's the prep (and the painter) that's bad...not the
paint. Behr the best I've ever used! "Jim" wrote in message ups.com... I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home Depot again!! |
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Jim wrote:
I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home Depot again!! Guess results and opinions are like the proverbial appendages -- everybody has their own... Used the Behr exterior on the barn here and it worked (spray application) extremely well, covered well and has/is holding up well. I have been quite satisfied. Don't recall the name of the particular product, but it was the premium line and not that much less than any other of similar quality -- about $80/5-gal bucket iirc, including a volume discount of 10% or so, five/six years ago, I forget which w/o looking it up. Retail was probably pushing $20/gal then. I suspect if buy a $10/gal paint instead of $20, one will find it doesn't stand up to the higher priced... -- |
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Doug wrote:
What grade of Behr paint did you buy and how/where was it used? Which is the key question. All paint companies have different grades of paint ranging from colored water to one coat, 30 year coverage. The big box stores (and Wal Mart) feature the cheaper grades, but you can find the better stuff if you look. -- "Tell me what I should do, Annie." "Stay. Here. Forever." - Life On Mars |
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"dpb" wrote in message ... Jim wrote: I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home Depot again!! Guess results and opinions are like the proverbial appendages -- everybody has their own... Used the Behr exterior on the barn here and it worked (spray application) extremely well, covered well and has/is holding up well. I have been quite satisfied. Don't recall the name of the particular product, but it was the premium line and not that much less than any other of similar quality -- about $80/5-gal bucket iirc, including a volume discount of 10% or so, five/six years ago, I forget which w/o looking it up. Retail was probably pushing $20/gal then. I suspect if buy a $10/gal paint instead of $20, one will find it doesn't stand up to the higher priced... -- Can't go by just the cost of the paint. The most expensive paint on a rental (due to abuse) may only last 3 years while a cheaper brand will last just as long. No need for a 20 year paint if you know you needed to repaint every 5 years. Consumer Report did a comparison and surprised (maybe not) to see one of the most expensive paints rated on the bottom. |
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** Frank ** wrote:
"dpb" wrote in message ... Jim wrote: I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home Depot again!! Guess results and opinions are like the proverbial appendages -- everybody has their own... Used the Behr exterior on the barn here and it worked (spray application) extremely well, covered well and has/is holding up well. I have been quite satisfied. Don't recall the name of the particular product, but it was the premium line and not that much less than any other of similar quality -- about $80/5-gal bucket iirc, including a volume discount of 10% or so, five/six years ago, I forget which w/o looking it up. Retail was probably pushing $20/gal then. I suspect if buy a $10/gal paint instead of $20, one will find it doesn't stand up to the higher priced... -- Can't go by just the cost of the paint. The most expensive paint on a rental (due to abuse) may only last 3 years while a cheaper brand will last just as long. No need for a 20 year paint if you know you needed to repaint every 5 years. Consumer Report did a comparison and surprised (maybe not) to see one of the most expensive paints rated on the bottom. Abuse has nothing whatsoever to do with the paint itself... And while there have been some of the tests CR has done that have shown one or two of the more expensive didn't perform for some reason, in general it is true that the actual paint quality (in terms of amount of pigment, etc.) is correlated w/ price, no unsurprisingly. -- |
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"Jim" wrote in message ups.com... I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home Depot again!! Well, good for you! Did you want to discuss this? Are you just venting your spleen? Would you like to give us any information, hints, or experiences with this company or products? Steve |
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Home Depot house paint sux big time!!
Did you use Behr white? Behr warns you that their white is pure white
whereas most competitors put in pigments to make their whites cover better though they won't be as white as Behr. "KLS" wrote in message ... On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:00:45 -0700, ransley wrote: On Oct 12, 5:25 am, Phisherman wrote: On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:42:06 -0700, Jim wrote: I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home Depot again!! I have had good results with interior Behr. Benjamin Moore for exterior is good. Consumer Reports has the ratings. Brands, use, and color matters. All brands have a cheap line and a top line, I bet you are buying the cheapest and dont buy what is needed, ex you probably dont know what grade is needed for a single coat from experiance, you guess, and loose. No, I agree with Jim: Behr paint is not good, period. We just used the deluxe interior latex for bathrooms and kitchens, and the performance was far worse than the same type of product by Valspar (Lowe's). The Behr didn't cover well, and the color was not good. The Valspar covered almost perfectly in a single coat, and the color is very rich. I'll also never buy Behr, and several of my friends agree, having had the same negative experiences with this product line. |
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Home Depot house paint sux big time!!
I use Behr Ultra exclusively and love it.
So there! G |
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On 12 Oct, 09:48, dpb wrote:
Jim wrote: I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home Depot again!! Guess results and opinions are like the proverbial appendages -- everybody has their own... Used the Behr exterior on the barn here and it worked (spray application) extremely well, covered well and has/is holding up well. I have been quite satisfied. Don't recall the name of the particular product, but it was the premium line and not that much less than any other of similar quality -- about $80/5-gal bucket iirc, including a volume discount of 10% or so, five/six years ago, I forget which w/o looking it up. Retail was probably pushing $20/gal then. I suspect if buy a $10/gal paint instead of $20, one will find it doesn't stand up to the higher priced... -- -- opinions are like the proverbial appendages FYI...it isn't an "appendage" that opinions are typically compared to. |
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DerbyDad03 wrote:
On 12 Oct, 09:48, dpb wrote: .... -- opinions are like the proverbial appendages FYI...it isn't an "appendage" that opinions are typically compared to. I chosed it on for poorpoise fur the inference whoever would chooz to draw... -- |
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"dpb" wrote in message ... ** Frank ** wrote: "dpb" wrote in message ... Jim wrote: I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home Depot again!! Guess results and opinions are like the proverbial appendages -- everybody has their own... Used the Behr exterior on the barn here and it worked (spray application) extremely well, covered well and has/is holding up well. I have been quite satisfied. Don't recall the name of the particular product, but it was the premium line and not that much less than any other of similar quality -- about $80/5-gal bucket iirc, including a volume discount of 10% or so, five/six years ago, I forget which w/o looking it up. Retail was probably pushing $20/gal then. I suspect if buy a $10/gal paint instead of $20, one will find it doesn't stand up to the higher priced... -- Can't go by just the cost of the paint. The most expensive paint on a rental (due to abuse) may only last 3 years while a cheaper brand will last just as long. No need for a 20 year paint if you know you needed to repaint every 5 years. Consumer Report did a comparison and surprised (maybe not) to see one of the most expensive paints rated on the bottom. Abuse has nothing whatsoever to do with the paint itself... And while there have been some of the tests CR has done that have shown one or two of the more expensive didn't perform for some reason, in general it is true that the actual paint quality (in terms of amount of pigment, etc.) is correlated w/ price, no unsurprisingly. -- OP was talking about paint on his rental units and for that high price paint doesn't do any better than a good cheap one due to the accelerated ware and tear. Its the same reason you don't install top of the line carpet in a rental unit as you know you need to replace it every 7 years down the line. Really if an expensive paint that could last 10 years in a rental, I'll be the first one to buy it. Paint is cheap, labor is not. Maintaining rentals since 1980 and used hundreds of gallons of paint since. Just my experience, may not be yours - YMMV. |
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On Oct 12, 3:02 pm, dpb wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote: On 12 Oct, 09:48, dpb wrote: ... -- opinions are like the proverbial appendages FYI...it isn't an "appendage" that opinions are typically compared to. -- I chosed it on for poorpoise fur the inference whoever would chooz to draw But your wording doesn't work because an appendage hangs *out* and an ... oh, nevermind. |
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** Frank ** wrote:
"dpb" wrote in message ... ** Frank ** wrote: "dpb" wrote in message ... Jim wrote: I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home Depot again!! Guess results and opinions are like the proverbial appendages -- everybody has their own... Used the Behr exterior on the barn here and it worked (spray application) extremely well, covered well and has/is holding up well. I have been quite satisfied. Don't recall the name of the particular product, but it was the premium line and not that much less than any other of similar quality -- about $80/5-gal bucket iirc, including a volume discount of 10% or so, five/six years ago, I forget which w/o looking it up. Retail was probably pushing $20/gal then. I suspect if buy a $10/gal paint instead of $20, one will find it doesn't stand up to the higher priced... -- Can't go by just the cost of the paint. The most expensive paint on a rental (due to abuse) may only last 3 years while a cheaper brand will last just as long. No need for a 20 year paint if you know you needed to repaint every 5 years. Consumer Report did a comparison and surprised (maybe not) to see one of the most expensive paints rated on the bottom. Abuse has nothing whatsoever to do with the paint itself... And while there have been some of the tests CR has done that have shown one or two of the more expensive didn't perform for some reason, in general it is true that the actual paint quality (in terms of amount of pigment, etc.) is correlated w/ price, no unsurprisingly. -- OP was talking about paint on his rental units and for that high price paint doesn't do any better than a good cheap one due to the accelerated ware and tear. ... He also was talking about _EXTERIOR_ paint, not interior, and also made blanket condemnation of Behr paints w/o consideration of _which_ particular paint... I simply pointed out there are at least some with which I have had excellent results not matching his generic claim... -- |
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DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Oct 12, 3:02 pm, dpb wrote: DerbyDad03 wrote: On 12 Oct, 09:48, dpb wrote: ... -- opinions are like the proverbial appendages FYI...it isn't an "appendage" that opinions are typically compared to. -- I chosed it on for poorpoise fur the inference whoever would chooz to draw But your wording doesn't work because an appendage hangs *out* and an ... oh, nevermind. My choice to pick my mis-appropriate term; your choice to criticize, ... If it were to be totally the "correct" word in some sense, what would be the point in choosing the wrong one? Do you ever smile over _anything_ or do you simply look for stuff to pick on to show your superiority??? -- |
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on 10/12/2007 10:39 AM ** Frank ** said the following:
"dpb" wrote in message ... Jim wrote: I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home Depot again!! Guess results and opinions are like the proverbial appendages -- everybody has their own... Used the Behr exterior on the barn here and it worked (spray application) extremely well, covered well and has/is holding up well. I have been quite satisfied. Don't recall the name of the particular product, but it was the premium line and not that much less than any other of similar quality -- about $80/5-gal bucket iirc, including a volume discount of 10% or so, five/six years ago, I forget which w/o looking it up. Retail was probably pushing $20/gal then. I suspect if buy a $10/gal paint instead of $20, one will find it doesn't stand up to the higher priced... -- Can't go by just the cost of the paint. The most expensive paint on a rental (due to abuse) may only last 3 years while a cheaper brand will last just as long. No need for a 20 year paint if you know you needed to repaint every 5 years. Consumer Report did a comparison and surprised (maybe not) to see one of the most expensive paints rated on the bottom. How much more abuse does an exterior of a rental get than an exterior of an owner occupied house? -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
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"willshak" wrote in message ... on 10/12/2007 10:39 AM ** Frank ** said the following: "dpb" wrote in message ... Jim wrote: I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home Depot again!! Guess results and opinions are like the proverbial appendages -- everybody has their own... Used the Behr exterior on the barn here and it worked (spray application) extremely well, covered well and has/is holding up well. I have been quite satisfied. Don't recall the name of the particular product, but it was the premium line and not that much less than any other of similar quality -- about $80/5-gal bucket iirc, including a volume discount of 10% or so, five/six years ago, I forget which w/o looking it up. Retail was probably pushing $20/gal then. I suspect if buy a $10/gal paint instead of $20, one will find it doesn't stand up to the higher priced... -- Can't go by just the cost of the paint. The most expensive paint on a rental (due to abuse) may only last 3 years while a cheaper brand will last just as long. No need for a 20 year paint if you know you needed to repaint every 5 years. Consumer Report did a comparison and surprised (maybe not) to see one of the most expensive paints rated on the bottom. How much more abuse does an exterior of a rental get than an exterior of an owner occupied house? I have a commercial property that gets tag about once a week or once a month. Not saying owner occupied properties don't get tag but don't see it as much as the rental units like store fronts or apartments. -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
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** Frank ** wrote:
.... I have a commercial property that gets tag about once a week or once a month. Not saying owner occupied properties don't get tag but don't see it as much as the rental units like store fronts or apartments. That's probably more a result of where the property is located rather than whether it is owned or rental... -- |
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On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:01:20 -0700, "SteveB"
wrote: "** Frank **" wrote Maintaining rentals since 1980 and used hundreds of gallons of paint since. Just my experience, may not be yours - YMMV. We have vacation rentals. We use top of the line on everything, but then, we get up to 5x the note for a month of rentals. Slightly different than the average rental. I owe the same note amount I did 12 years ago. :-)) Hundreds of gallons? Must be pretty thick by now. You kill me sometimes! -- Oren "Well, it doesn't happen all the time, but when it happens, it happens constantly." |
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"** Frank **" wrote Maintaining rentals since 1980 and used hundreds of gallons of paint since. Just my experience, may not be yours - YMMV. We have vacation rentals. We use top of the line on everything, but then, we get up to 5x the note for a month of rentals. Slightly different than the average rental. Hundreds of gallons? Must be pretty thick by now. Steve |
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On 12 Oct, 17:08, dpb wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote: On Oct 12, 3:02 pm, dpb wrote: DerbyDad03 wrote: On 12 Oct, 09:48, dpb wrote: ... -- opinions are like the proverbial appendages FYI...it isn't an "appendage" that opinions are typically compared to. -- I chosed it on for poorpoise fur the inference whoever would chooz to draw But your wording doesn't work because an appendage hangs *out* and an ... oh, nevermind. My choice to pick my mis-appropriate term; your choice to criticize, ... If it were to be totally the "correct" word in some sense, what would be the point in choosing the wrong one? Do you ever smile over _anything_ or do you simply look for stuff to pick on to show your superiority??? -- -- Do you ever smile over _anything_ or do you simply look for stuff to pick on to show your superiority??? I guess you didn't get any part of my joke. Neither of my posts wern't meant as criticism and I'm sorry if that impression came through. Appendages stick out...the other body part doesn't, thus my attempt at humor, not criticism. Once again, I'm sorry you took my posts the wrong way, and I say that with a smile on face, the same smile I had on when I posted earlier. |
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DerbyDad03 wrote:
On 12 Oct, 17:08, dpb wrote: DerbyDad03 wrote: On Oct 12, 3:02 pm, dpb wrote: DerbyDad03 wrote: On 12 Oct, 09:48, dpb wrote: ... -- opinions are like the proverbial appendages FYI...it isn't an "appendage" that opinions are typically compared to. -- I chosed it on for poorpoise fur the inference whoever would chooz to draw But your wording doesn't work because an appendage hangs *out* and an ... oh, nevermind. My choice to pick my mis-appropriate term; your choice to criticize, ... If it were to be totally the "correct" word in some sense, what would be the point in choosing the wrong one? Do you ever smile over _anything_ or do you simply look for stuff to pick on to show your superiority??? -- -- Do you ever smile over _anything_ or do you simply look for stuff to pick on to show your superiority??? I guess you didn't get any part of my joke. Neither of my posts wern't meant as criticism and I'm sorry if that impression came through. Appendages stick out...the other body part doesn't, thus my attempt at humor, not criticism. Well, if that weren't the case, it wouldn't have been a malapropism... And yes, if you somehow meant either of the previous replies as being other than critical, I certainly missed it... -- |
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I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my
experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home Depot again!! I've never understood why people are so willing to pay $40 bucks a gallon for Ben Moore paint. I've had mediocre results with it, both interior and exterior. About 10 years ago, I painted 2 west-facing windows. I finished a can of BM high gloss latex on one window, and bought a can of Behr high gloss latex for the other. The latter stood up much better to the elements. Both windows were prepped identically. I think it is all about BM Co. marketing and creating a botique image for their paint. There's nothing special about it. My only complaint about Behr paint is that their colors suck. Lowes has much better color collections. |
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On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:39:56 -0400, willshak
wrote: on 10/12/2007 10:39 AM ** Frank ** said the following: "dpb" wrote in message ... Jim wrote: I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home Depot again!! Guess results and opinions are like the proverbial appendages -- everybody has their own... Used the Behr exterior on the barn here and it worked (spray application) extremely well, covered well and has/is holding up well. I have been quite satisfied. Don't recall the name of the particular product, but it was the premium line and not that much less than any other of similar quality -- about $80/5-gal bucket iirc, including a volume discount of 10% or so, five/six years ago, I forget which w/o looking it up. Retail was probably pushing $20/gal then. I suspect if buy a $10/gal paint instead of $20, one will find it doesn't stand up to the higher priced... -- Can't go by just the cost of the paint. The most expensive paint on a rental (due to abuse) may only last 3 years while a cheaper brand will last just as long. No need for a 20 year paint if you know you needed to repaint every 5 years. Consumer Report did a comparison and surprised (maybe not) to see one of the most expensive paints rated on the bottom. How much more abuse does an exterior of a rental get than an exterior of an owner occupied house? You must not be a landlord to ask that question. How about the simple and common practice of bouncing footballs/baseballs/basketballs against the house walls? "Hey, that's what my security deposit is for, right"? Doug |
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"willshak" wrote in message ... on 10/12/2007 10:39 AM ** Frank ** said the following: "dpb" wrote in message ... Jim wrote: I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home Depot again!! Guess results and opinions are like the proverbial appendages -- everybody has their own... Used the Behr exterior on the barn here and it worked (spray application) extremely well, covered well and has/is holding up well. I have been quite satisfied. Don't recall the name of the particular product, but it was the premium line and not that much less than any other of similar quality -- about $80/5-gal bucket iirc, including a volume discount of 10% or so, five/six years ago, I forget which w/o looking it up. Retail was probably pushing $20/gal then. I suspect if buy a $10/gal paint instead of $20, one will find it doesn't stand up to the higher priced... -- Can't go by just the cost of the paint. The most expensive paint on a rental (due to abuse) may only last 3 years while a cheaper brand will last just as long. No need for a 20 year paint if you know you needed to repaint every 5 years. Consumer Report did a comparison and surprised (maybe not) to see one of the most expensive paints rated on the bottom. How much more abuse does an exterior of a rental get than an exterior of an owner occupied house? As a landlord, still at an accelerated rate, though not as bad as the interior. |
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"SteveB" wrote in message ... "** Frank **" wrote Maintaining rentals since 1980 and used hundreds of gallons of paint since. Just my experience, may not be yours - YMMV. We have vacation rentals. We use top of the line on everything, but then, we get up to 5x the note for a month of rentals. Slightly different than the average rental. Hundreds of gallons? Must be pretty thick by now. Steve Funny. For a whole house, typical for me is 15 gallons for interior and 15 gallons for exterior. One rental took about 25 gallons just on the interior. I use a commercial airless for speed so may not be as economical (paint wise) as someone using a brush. |
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"Doug" wrote in message ... On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:39:56 -0400, willshak wrote: on 10/12/2007 10:39 AM ** Frank ** said the following: "dpb" wrote in message ... Jim wrote: I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home Depot again!! Guess results and opinions are like the proverbial appendages -- everybody has their own... Used the Behr exterior on the barn here and it worked (spray application) extremely well, covered well and has/is holding up well. I have been quite satisfied. Don't recall the name of the particular product, but it was the premium line and not that much less than any other of similar quality -- about $80/5-gal bucket iirc, including a volume discount of 10% or so, five/six years ago, I forget which w/o looking it up. Retail was probably pushing $20/gal then. I suspect if buy a $10/gal paint instead of $20, one will find it doesn't stand up to the higher priced... -- Can't go by just the cost of the paint. The most expensive paint on a rental (due to abuse) may only last 3 years while a cheaper brand will last just as long. No need for a 20 year paint if you know you needed to repaint every 5 years. Consumer Report did a comparison and surprised (maybe not) to see one of the most expensive paints rated on the bottom. How much more abuse does an exterior of a rental get than an exterior of an owner occupied house? You must not be a landlord to ask that question. How about the simple and common practice of bouncing footballs/baseballs/basketballs against the house walls? "Hey, that's what my security deposit is for, right"? Doug I have couple of units where the tenant put 3" nails on the facial all around the exterior of the house for Christmas lights - pull nails out, patch and repaint. One put holes around all the windows into the stucco - patch and repaint. One lost his keys (tenant's kid) and decided he had to pee on my exterior wall. Another one show off with his cars, cash, guns and jewelry so he was robbed (home intrusion) and I ended up repairing the broken front door and frame - painted one side of the exterior wall to match. The same tenant with the fancy cars hide his money and guns in interior walls and when he left, open walls and damaged structure had to be replaced and painted ... sorry, that's interior. |
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** Frank ** wrote:
"Doug" wrote in message ... On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:39:56 -0400, willshak wrote: on 10/12/2007 10:39 AM ** Frank ** said the following: "dpb" wrote in message ... Jim wrote: I'm a landlord, own several houses I currently rent. Based on my experience with Behr brand exterior house paint purchased from Home Depot, I'll never buy that Behr brand guano or any paint from Home Depot again!! Guess results and opinions are like the proverbial appendages -- everybody has their own... Used the Behr exterior on the barn here and it worked (spray application) extremely well, covered well and has/is holding up well. I have been quite satisfied. Don't recall the name of the particular product, but it was the premium line and not that much less than any other of similar quality -- about $80/5-gal bucket iirc, including a volume discount of 10% or so, five/six years ago, I forget which w/o looking it up. Retail was probably pushing $20/gal then. I suspect if buy a $10/gal paint instead of $20, one will find it doesn't stand up to the higher priced... -- Can't go by just the cost of the paint. The most expensive paint on a rental (due to abuse) may only last 3 years while a cheaper brand will last just as long. No need for a 20 year paint if you know you needed to repaint every 5 years. Consumer Report did a comparison and surprised (maybe not) to see one of the most expensive paints rated on the bottom. How much more abuse does an exterior of a rental get than an exterior of an owner occupied house? You must not be a landlord to ask that question. How about the simple and common practice of bouncing footballs/baseballs/basketballs against the house walls? "Hey, that's what my security deposit is for, right"? Doug I have couple of units where the tenant put 3" nails on the facial all around the exterior of the house for Christmas lights - pull nails out, patch and repaint. One put holes around all the windows into the stucco - patch and repaint. One lost his keys (tenant's kid) and decided he had to pee on my exterior wall. Another one show off with his cars, cash, guns and jewelry so he was robbed (home intrusion) and I ended up repairing the broken front door and frame - painted one side of the exterior wall to match. The same tenant with the fancy cars hide his money and guns in interior walls and when he left, open walls and damaged structure had to be replaced and painted ... sorry, that's interior. Reminders all of why to _NOT_ be in the rental business... -- |
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Reminders all of why to _NOT_ be in the rental business... -- The positive side is seeing property values double every seven years with the tenants paying a good part of the mortgage and the huge run up we had couple years ago before the market down turn. Income, shelter, leverage and of course you could deduct all your construction toys, I mean tools. When you get sick of the tenants and trash, occupy it 2 out of 5 years, and claim a huge $250k (or $500k if married) tax exemption on your gain ... sweet. |
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On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:33:45 -0500, dpb wrote:
Reminders all of why to _NOT_ be in the rental business... If the numbers work; why not? I had two occupied rentals; double in price (recent bubble), so when the lease was up they were sold. Oh, no more tenants All in 18 - 24 months. I moved across town and got us a single floor home -- Oren "If things get any worse, I'll have to ask you to stop helping me." |
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** Frank ** wrote:
Reminders all of why to _NOT_ be in the rental business... -- The positive side is seeing property values double every seven years ... Maybe, maybe not... -- |
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On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:58:24 -0500, dpb wrote:
** Frank ** wrote: Reminders all of why to _NOT_ be in the rental business... The positive side is seeing property values double every seven years ... Maybe, maybe not... Not in today's market! :-\ -- Oren "equal opportunity, not equal results" |
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"Oren" wrote in message ... On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:58:24 -0500, dpb wrote: ** Frank ** wrote: Reminders all of why to _NOT_ be in the rental business... The positive side is seeing property values double every seven years ... Maybe, maybe not... Not in today's market! :-\ Not in today's market if purchased high and flip now, but the above is my long term investment average since 1975 including markets like today's. Doubling every seven years translates to about 10% average appreciation which is no big deal until you factor leverage into it. I think the national average is around 8% long term. If you want to do this well in today's market right now, look into commercial properties which is not in lockstep with the residential downturn. It also has a better positive cash flow than single family units. |
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"Oren" wrote in message ... On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:58:24 -0500, dpb wrote: ** Frank ** wrote: Reminders all of why to _NOT_ be in the rental business... The positive side is seeing property values double every seven years ... Maybe, maybe not... Not in today's market! :-\ -- Oren Many things affect the market, Oren, and region is one of them. Last year, Las Vegas was projected to run out of buildable land in the valley. If you can hold out, things should start to pick up again here next year, ratchet up for five more, then zoom when land fizzles out in Vegas. We had our houses for sale, but now plan to continue using them as vacation rentals, and enjoy the cash flow until the market either picks up enough to get our price, or really starts jumping more than 8% per year in valuations. Now we're going to hire a resident manager, and just sit on them. Houses near Harmon and Sandhill. Steve |
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** Frank ** wrote:
"Oren" wrote in message ... On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:58:24 -0500, dpb wrote: ** Frank ** wrote: Reminders all of why to _NOT_ be in the rental business... The positive side is seeing property values double every seven years ... Maybe, maybe not... Not in today's market! :-\ Not in today's market if purchased high and flip now, but the above is my long term investment average since 1975 including markets like today's. Doubling every seven years translates to about 10% average appreciation which is no big deal until you factor leverage into it. I think the national average is around 8% long term. If you want to do this well in today's market right now, look into commercial properties which is not in lockstep with the residential downturn. It also has a better positive cash flow than single family units. Ain't enough money in the world to get me to be involved in rental property if I had to do _anything_ on the maintenance aspect as being discussed in this thread... -- |
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