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Help. I did what I thought was a good thing that turned out to be bad. We purchased a 2-story house in the Boise Idaho area that needed a lot work. We put $20,000 into and made it really nice. We got a great price...
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I am looking at a property that the previous owner pre foreclosure buried stuff in the backyard. Would you make the purchase contingent upon discovering the was buried? What kind of inspection or environmental te...
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My tenants had 2 dogs. Over the course of 3 years the yard was beaten down. The last straw for me was seeing they had placed 4 office type rugs by the porch thus destroying any grass. They also had a bouncy house type...
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I’m just reaching out to see what others would do to this small backyard. There is a cement patio. However, the large shade tree has made it nearly impossible to grow any grass in the rest of the backyard. So, I’m lef...
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I closed on my first investment property last month! I've heard Brandon say on the podcast to always tell everyone around you that you are interested in investing in real estate, and I have taken that to heart. In th...
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We are putting our first house on the market in a couple of weeks. Our house is only 2 years old in a newly developed neighborhood. The front yard is landscaped but the back yard is not. The back yard has no grass (lo...
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For my just renovated triplex which is in a sketchy but quickly transforming neighborhood I'm installing privacy fence to create 3 privacy spaces, 2 of them using the backyard, and one of them using the side yard. Th...
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Hi everyone - new to the forums. My husband and I recently bought a house that was flipped. We're in a very very hot seller's market, and it seems our house was a bit of a hasty flip with some corners cut (we knew t...