Is $85k too much or too little to budget for a complete gut rehab for a $969 square foot, 1 story, signal family in St. Louis area? Roof, foundation, and all brick are good structure good. However, pretty much everyt...

Hello good people,I'm in the inspection period for my first home purchase.  The inspection report came back yesterday and it identified a few items I'm not sure how to react to.  How concerned should I be about the fo...

I'm wrapping up a deal on a 2 bed, 1 bath house for $55,000 in the Midwest. The rent will be bumped up to $700 a month. After accounting for the mortgage, insurance, taxes, cap-ex, vacancy, and property management (bu...

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So I bought my first property last year in Tampa, FL. Its a SFH with a half-converted detached garage in the back.
Pretty soon I realized that I have health issues when I'm in the home, and it seems to be ...

There are a lot of properties in my area that are fairly old, especially multifamily properties. I wanted to create a checklist of potential major problems to look out for when considering older properties (pre-1960 b...

Evaluating a triplex in Lousiville, Ky. Louisville is known to have a lot of older homes, but how old is too old?
The house is built in 1904. Three 2 bed, 1 bath units. Two out of the three are currently rented. Cons...

Hi everyone, we're considering putting mini splits in our Boston unit for AC only (heat is natural gas). The unit is 600 sq. feet and I know we need an exterior unit of 20,000 BTUs and two indoor units. We're on the t...

Good morning fellow BP members! I am currently working on getting my 5-unit rehabbed.  This is my first experience with multi-family and with rehab of this scale.  This property is 2744 sq ft with a mixture of one eff...

A house I'm looking at flipping  that is 1350 square feet  but the garage would make a great add-on for 625 square feet extra .  I think to refinish the garage would cost  about 15K .  It would bring down the cost per...

Hi,    I have been reading through the information on BP and have a learned a lot. I have 4 buildings and am in the market for some new ones. I have been buying up to this point largely on whether I can fix up an old ...