I got the inspection report for a turnkey property I am considering buying. There was one item listed in the 'Major Item' section. See language below along with pictures:"Horizontal cracking on East side of basement. ...

I am looking a bank owned home in my area. One thing I noticed was the basement was covered in a white film. It looks like it was something someone sprayed on. I don't have real good picture of it but I thought I woul...

HELP.  Landscape supply business demanding to be paid under the table (cash only, no paperwork or receipt)A landscape supply business misrepresented their product to me.  I ordered a 3-way topsoil mix (1/3 sand, 1/3 ...

Hey all, I am getting quotes on deck repairs right now. This is from an 1990s home. Deck is very neglected. Probably never maintained at all. One contractor told me basically to go conservative. Meaning:Pressure washs...

I am going to be meeting with a owner of a property that had a home partially built in 2002.  It is basically dried in, all studs in, and then nothing more was done to it.  I'm good with estimating the interior fi...

I am wrapping up a lot of the rehab of my first rental property and I was wondering how a basement of a rental should look like?
It has a typical unfinished basement with a concrete floor and there shouldn't be any r...

Hello All,I am currently searching for contaminated properties, also known as brownfield properties (i.e. former gas-stations, landfills, dry cleaners, industrial), for my father's cleanup business. Ideally we are loo...

Hello, I recently found a house with a fair price but it comes with rotting on boards on top deck and water pool (improper drainage) in front on the sidewalk. I see black things on the deck and in the laundry room. I ...

I am a total newbie sitting on my first lead. I have int. and ext. pics from the property (vacant) and have built a relationship with the absentee owner but I need some help estimating the repair costs.If anyone could...