Our daughter is moving from Washington state to Albuquerque. She'll be retaining her old home as a rental. Her new job won't be starting until August. So, I was surprised when she told my wife that she had been qua...

My architect and I designed a 3 story townhome. Initially, he had a standard walled-in staircase on the second level but I found a metal guy who provided this unique open staircase concept with just a metal rail bar w...

Ashley and I recently came across a listing with “possible short sale” in the title. If you don’t know, a short sale occurs when a bank agrees to accept less than what the borrower owes on their mortgage when the prop...

We are looking to buy a "starter home" to live in a few years, fix up and then either rent out or sell (depending on the market) and buy a bigger house when we are ready to start a family. We are looking at reo's so ...

I just purchased a brick bungalow built in the 1920's. When reviewing the purchase further, I noticed that the roof had significant deflection (approx 6"-8"). When getting in the attic, none of the rafters are br...

Hi all. I'm new here so I hope I'm doing this right. We're looking for a lawyer. My husband and I recently bought a house and moved us and our two young boys in. We had the house inspected and everything. Two nights a...

Hello! First post for me. I'm a first-time homebuyer looking to house hack and get my real estate investing career going in central New Jersey. I found a FSBO in the neighborhood I want to purchase in, called the numb...

I bought my first house in 2015 for 91k and moved right in. It was bank-owned and I bought it cash. It is now worth about 250k. I'd like to move to a different town and rent out that first house (both in Oregon). I'm ...

Hi I am Pablo, after more then 15 years at the construction business, I am very interested in finally get involve into the real state business. I got a partner with who we have been remodeling houses, and also commerc...

Hello, there is a property I'm looking to purchase that has a foundation / slanting issue. The estimates for repair would require 20 piers, and hydraulic lifting and cost around $30k to fix.

Here are the numbers -...