Alyse Oz
Converting 3 family to 4 family home Philadelphia
I have a 3 family home in West Philadelphia (it is current vacant and needs to be rehabbed). While trying to get estimates from contractors, I had one contractor tell me that I should split the first floor apartment ...
Kristi Buehring
Cost to Convert First Floor of Garage Apartment
Hi BP members! Can anyone give me a ballpark idea of what it would cost to convert the first floor of an existing garage apartment into a one bedroom/efficiency apartment? The size will be approximately 650 square f...
Connor Deneen
Converting a single family home into a triplex.
What is the best way to go about legally turning a property that is zoned as a single family home into a triplex?The property currently has a 3 bed 2 bath unit (main house) and then two lofts in the backyard. All unit...
Clayton Crawford
converting a large single family into a duplex.
Hi, BP! I'm just looking for general ideas, experiences (good and bad), feedback, and information on converting a large single family into a multi-unit. I'd like to completely gut this house I'm looking at (it needs i...
Care Anne S.
Keep 2 small apartments or convert to 1?
Hi BiggerPockets!We've been looking for our first investment property for over a year, and think we have finally found it! It's currently a 3 unit with one very large apartment on the bottom and two small ones upstair...
Gary Nicholson
Construction loan then convert to 10 year mortgage?
Hello,
I own some property close to a very popular national park and it is also very close to a small tourist town that is near this national park. The town alone gets hundreds of thousands of visitors a year and well...
Chuck Baine
Converting muilt-famly apartment buildting into condo units
I have a client who is interested in purchasing a 13 unit apartment building and converting it into condo units for resale. Anyone with experience with this? Thanks!Chuck Baine
Nate B.
West Oakland, Convert shed to a habitable space?
Bigger Pockets Community,I currently own a duplex in West Oakland where I have a shed/cottage in the rear of my lot. I went down to the city to talk to them about making the shed a habitable space (upgrading foundatio...
Zac Newell
Depreciation of Primary Residence converted to a Rental
I bought a house in 2009 for 170k as my primary residence. In 2015 I converted that house to a rental. When it was converted to a rental the property was worth ~250k.For depreciation can I use the 250k value when th...
William S.
Convert Home into Rental or sell next spring?
I am soon moving out of my primary home and need some input on what to do with it. It's in a A-class neighborhood that is up and coming, however only a 2 bed 1 bath. Numbers below.Rent $1,200 - $1,275 ($1,250 is what ...