If you had a rental house that was free and clear would you refinance it to help you build a child care facility on another piece of property that you own free and clear? The childcare facility would be ran by my wife...

Looking for some guidance -- I'm selling a house that I rehabbed. It has a detached garage and workshop that has some peeling paint. The first FHA inspector/appraiser did not make an issue of it. The second appraiser ...

As an appraiser my opinion of the housing bubble is the fauld to the mortgage lenders. Most of the time, when doing an appraisal, if the report did not come out to the expected market value of the property, the lende...

Is it not worth it to make an old house really nice for flips, or does it not matter if you bring it up to speed? How much can age of home effect end game completed rehabs?

Hi BP community,
What are your thoughts on appraising a home thats currently under construction (as a net new build) and then refinancing once the home is complete? Is this possible..has anyone done this before? If s...

I am currently in the process of refinancing a rental property. I had an appraisal done in May, but I stopped this refi process because another lender provided much better terms. Unfortunately, the new lender did not ...

Has anyone ever handled a flip and appraisal with a home built from concrete? It was built in 1934. I have never seen a home built from concrete all the way through and I’m not sure how that will appraise or what else...

I’m want to get a HELOC on my home.  But I’m wondering if the appraiser will reduce my value because I changed around a couple interior walls to house hack. I made an efficiency on one side of my home with a wall divi...

Hi, everyone. First time poster.We're shopping for a home in Los Angeles and are a little dumbstruck by this market. We'll find a house with a listing price of, let's say, $890,000, run it through the automated apprai...

Ok, so for the first time I have to deal with one of my flips not appraising for the sales price. I gave the appraiser a list of comparable recently sold, a list of repairs and before pictures of the condition of the ...