Jennifer Appelman
Replace sill plates in a garage
Hi All, I am looking at a property where the garage sill plates are 3/4 % rotted and in need of replacement. Does anyone have experience with this problem. Is it a costly repair or should the garage be demolished? Th...
Adam Kennedy
Hello from Gold Coast, Australia!
I'm 21 years old and have been interested in real-estate investing for a few years; it's only really now that I'm looking into it very seriously and hoping to buy my first property within the next two years.When I was...
Brian Kittner
Buying Properties at Auction
Generally speaking when buying foreclosure properties at auction, can they sell for less than the outstanding debt balance? I would imagine not, but hoping someone with experience buying at auction could weigh in.Thanks!
Sergey Pshenichkin
Any advice for someone with low income to find their first home?
Hey BP folks! I'm a long time fan, first time poster. I hope I'm in the right forum. I bought my first home last year in December, mostly to get out of renting (it was a condo in Montgomery County, Maryland with a low...
Bill Bell
Stuck/Squatting Tenants
I have a scenario where the tenants experienced financial difficultly in July and were unable, they claim, to pay Aug rent, due on the 1st. They also noted via email there intention to move via a 30 day notice. Howe...
Lisa Miller
7" Rain this month, Wet basement walls, what is the best sealer product?
Western Washington has had more than it's share of rain this winter. Seven inches this month alone. One of my properties has a full basement with cinder block foundation walls framed out with sheetrock. The lower h...
DG H.
Staging to sell
I buy rebab and sell. I try to stage the property if I can. My latest property is much larger and many more windows than what I've had in the past. I usually put up mini blinds on new rehabs but this house is higher e...
Henry Clark
Self Storage- Build or Wait 2 Years?
Self Storage- Build now or Wait Two Years?
We are 100% full at
all of our locations. Have extra ground we can build about 500 more
drive up, metal units on. Trying to decide whether to Build now or
Wait Two ye...
Sam Leon
This guy must have been REALLY pissed at his bank!
Now, I have seen my share of destruction from angry home owners who wanted to stick it to the banks who foreclosed on them.
Broken windows, smashed tiles, cracked bathtubs and toilets, sprayed painted kitchen...
Brett TerBeek
Michigan Vacation Rental
Hey BP!I've had what seems to be a great opportunity for purchasing a vacation rental fall into my lap. This rental property is a condo in Pentwater, MI with an included boat slip that has less than a 5-minute boat r...