He has not only established himself as a sought-after expert on historic restoration - the City of Elgin has given him multiple grants to restore not only his own home but two investment properties in his neighborhood - he is continuing to do historic restorations in upscale suburbs northwest of Chicago.

I used to restore old Mustangs.

Closed on a deal yesterday, the inspection went well last week and final walkthrough as well day prior to closing.Homeowner didn’t want to run their boiler of have water service in a vacant house so he had the water meter removed.So as the story goes, when we had the water Co install the meter yesterday and restore service, the baseboard pipes started popping at the solder connections and quickly turned the first floor into a small waiting pool.Do I have any recourse here, or just bite the bullet and begin repairs on my own?

In the case I am using my HELOC, if the purchase and rehab costs are above the funds that I have available, is that where I could look to a hard money lender to cover the rest?Or

Here is our situation that I could really use a bit of advice on: Last year (fall of 2015), we had a remodeling/restoration company perform repairs/remodel to our home after an insurance claim as a result of significant water damage.

So the next question is: does this expense constitute a Betterment, Adaption, or Restoration to the plumbing system?

, Freecycle, ReStore, church/charity thrift stores.Garage sales, school/church rummage sales, estate sales & auctions.Don't pooh-pooh driving around the night before trash pick-up, either - you might be very surprised what people throw out!

For kitchens, we use Restoration Hardware's Silver Sage color.

If a repair or improvement in excess of $500 is considered a betterment, adaptation or a restoration to a unit of property, such expenditure will need to be capitalized for tax purposes."

All changes made by Tenant must be reversible and property must be restored to original condition at end of tenancy, unless other arrangements have been made with Landlord.