9 June 2024 | 1 reply
I'm looking to build a STR in Terlingua, TX close to Big Bend National Park.
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9 June 2024 | 3 replies
They told us the price - we negotiated and We bought it, year later we knocked it down to build our dream home.Goes to if you don’t ask, you won’t get a yes.
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7 June 2024 | 1 reply
The original budget was $25,000, but we hired a contractor who did subpar work, requiring us to hire another contractor to redo everything.
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8 June 2024 | 8 replies
My contractor helps me with some of the more difficult parts of being a landlord like evictions and notices to pay but if I asked him to go to every showing with me he’d tell me I was nuts.
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9 June 2024 | 6 replies
So I would like your advice.My idea:My sister and I would build a fourplex together and finance it as owner occupied.
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8 June 2024 | 22 replies
@Sherry Norman Yes, my contractor said the same thing ..at least 4 years.
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13 June 2024 | 20 replies
I had zero desire to build a bunch of rentals this way..
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8 June 2024 | 7 replies
If you were a grading contractor it would get pretty expensive and unwieldy in a hurry if you had to constantly rent dozers, front end loaders, dumps, and the like.
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7 June 2024 | 19 replies
Get rid of debt, build a budget, and save.
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8 June 2024 | 5 replies
We have some contractors and some surveyors and some architects in my area that often go through the zoning process for clients in my area.